{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s578","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f578.","heading":"Authority of the arbitrator","text":"\u00a7\u202f578.\nAuthority of the arbitrator\nAn arbitrator to whom a dispute is referred under this subchapter may\u2014\n(1) regulate the course of and conduct arbitral hearings;\n(2) administer oaths and affirmations;\n(3) compel the attendance of witnesses and production of evidence at the hearing under the provisions of\nsection 7 of title 9\n(4) make awards.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s578.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s578","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f578."},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority of the arbitrator","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"An arbitrator to whom a dispute is referred under this subchapter may\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s578/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" regulate the course of and conduct arbitral hearings;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s578/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" administer oaths and affirmations;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s578/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" compel the attendance of witnesses and production of evidence at the hearing under the provisions of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 7 of title 9","href":"/us/usc/t9/s7","tail":" only to the extent the agency involved is otherwise authorized by law to do so; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s578/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" make awards.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}