950 CMR 10.04 - Time
(a)
Timely Filing.
Papers required or permitted to be filed under these regulations, or any
provision of the applicable law must be filed with the Securities Division,
Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, John W. McCormack Bldg., 17th
Floor, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108 or such other place as the
Division shall designate within the time limits for such filing as are set by
regulation, order of the Presiding Officer or other provision of law.
Papers filed in the following manner shall be deemed to be filed as set forth herein:
1.
Hand-delivery during business hours. Hand-delivery during regular business
hours shall be deemed filed on the day delivered.
2. Hand-delivery during non-business hours.
Hand-delivery at times other than during regular business hours shall be deemed
filed on the next regular business day.
3. Mailing. Placing in U.S. mail shall be
deemed filed on the date postmarked.
All Papers shall show the date received by the Division, and the Division shall cooperate in giving date receipts to Persons filing Papers by hand-delivery during regular business hours.
(b)
Notice of Agency
Actions. Notice of actions and other communications from the
Division shall be presumably deemed received upon the day of hand-delivery or,
if mailed, three days after deposit in the U.S. mail.
(c)
Computation of
Time. Unless otherwise specifically provided by law or these
rules, computation of any time period referred to in these rules shall begin
with the first day following the act which initiates the running of the time
period. The last day of the time period so computed is to be included unless it
is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday or any other day on which the Division
is closed, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next
following business day. When the time period is less than seven days,
intervening days when the Division is closed shall be excluded in the
computation.
(d)
Extension of Time. It shall be within the discretion
of the Division or Presiding Officer, for good cause shown, to extend any time
limit contained in these rules. All requests for extensions of time shall be
made by motion before the expiration of the original or previously extended
time period.
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