Trust Indentures. Hearings Before Subcommittee ... on H.R. 2191 and H.R. 5220 ... April 4, 5, 6, 7, and 11, 1939

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Page 25 - ... (1) to make use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails...
Page 37 - No provision of this title imposing any liability shall apply to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, regulation or order of the Commission, notwithstanding that such rule, regulation or order may, after such act or omission, be amended or rescinded or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.
Page 11 - If it appears to the Commission at any time that the registration statement includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading...
Page 187 - Cong.) of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States of which the Hon.
Page 39 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 39 - Commission under authority thereof, or any person who willfully, in a registration statement filed under this title, makes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Page 26 - ... as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors.
Page 10 - ... (2) to carry or cause to be carried through the mails or in interstate commerce, by any means or instruments of transportation, any such security for the purpose of sale or for delivery after sale.
Page 37 - Rules, Regulations, and Orders SEC. 20. (a) The Commission shall have authority from time to time to make, issue, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations and such orders as it may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this title, including rules and regulations defining accounting, technical, and trade terms used in this title.
Page 316 - ... (c) When abuses of the character above enumerated become persistent and wide-spread the holding company becomes an agency which, unless regulated, is injurious to investors, consumers, and the general public; and it is hereby declared to be the policy of this title, in accordance with which policy all the provisions of this title shall be interpreted, to meet the problems and eliminate the evils as enumerated in this section...

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