Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 78i


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 78i - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (June 6, 1934, ch. 404, title I, Sec. 9, 48 Stat. 889; Pub. L.
    97-303, Sec. 3, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1409; Pub. L. 101-432, Sec.
    6(a), Oct. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 975; Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5)
    [title II, Sec. 205(a)(1), (2), title III, Sec. 303(b), (c)], Dec.
    21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-425, 2763A-426, 2763A-453,
    2763A-454.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Section 206B of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, referred to in
    subsecs. (a)(2) to (5) and (i), is section 206B of Pub. L. 106-102,
    which is set out in a note under section 78c of this title.
      The Commodity Exchange Act, referred to in subsec. (g)(2), is act
    Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, 42 Stat. 998, as amended, which is
    classified generally to chapter 1 (Sec. 1 et seq.) of Title 7,
    Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
    see section 1 of Title 7 and Tables.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2000 - Subsec. (a)(2) to (5). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5)
    [title III, Sec. 303(b)], amended pars. (2) to (5) generally. Prior
    to amendment, pars. (2) to (5) read as follows:
      "(2) To effect, alone or with one or more other persons, a series
    of transactions in any security registered on a national securities
    exchange creating actual or apparent active trading in such
    security or raising or depressing the price of such security, for
    the purpose of inducing the purchase or sale of such security by
    others.
      "(3) If a dealer or broker, or other person selling or offering
    for sale or purchasing or offering to purchase the security, to
    induce the purchase or sale of any security registered on a
    national securities exchange by the circulation or dissemination in
    the ordinary course of business of information to the effect that
    the price of any such security will or is likely to rise or fall
    because of market operations of any one or more persons conducted
    for the purpose of raising or depressing the prices of such
    security.
      "(4) If a dealer or broker, or other person selling or offering
    for sale or purchasing or offering to purchase the security, to
    make, regarding any security registered on a national securities
    exchange, for the purpose of inducing the purchase or sale of such
    security, any statement which was at the time and in the light of
    the circumstances under which it was made, false or misleading with
    respect to any material fact, and which he knew or had reasonable
    ground to believe was so false or misleading.
      "(5) For a consideration, received directly or indirectly from a
    dealer or broker, or other person selling or offering for sale or
    purchasing or offering to purchase the security, to induce the
    purchase or sale of any security registered on a national
    securities exchange by the circulation or dissemination of
    information to the effect that the price of any such security will
    or is likely to rise or fall because of the market operations of
    any one or more persons conducted for the purpose of raising or
    depressing the price of such security."
      Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5) [title II, Sec.
    205(a)(1)(A)], inserted "(A)" after "acquires" and substituted ";
    or (B) any security futures product on the security; or" for ";
    or".
      Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5) [title II, Sec.
    205(a)(1)(B)], inserted "(A)" after "interest in any" and
    substituted "; or (B) such security futures product; or" for ";
    or".
      Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5) [title II, Sec.
    205(a)(1)(C)], inserted "(A)" after "interest in any" and "; or (B)
    such security futures product" after "privilege".
      Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5) [title II, Sec.
    205(a)(2)], designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted
    "other than a security futures product" after "future delivery",
    and added par. (2).
      Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5) [title III, Sec.
    303(c)], added subsec. (i).
      1990 - Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 101-432 added subsec. (h).
      1982 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 97-303, Sec. 3(1), substituted "The
    provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply" for
    "The provisions of this section shall not apply".
      Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 97-303, Sec. 3(2), added subsec. (g).
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      For transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission,
    with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg.
    Plan No. 10 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175,
    64 Stat. 1265, set out under section 78d of this title.
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 78j, 78y, 78hh of this
    title.