United States Code/Title 15/Chapter 2A

by the United States Government

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 2A — Securities and Trust Indentures

SUBCHAPTER I—DOMESTIC SECURITIES

Sec.
§ 77a	Short title
§ 77b	Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation
§ 77b-1	Swap agreements
§ 77c	Classes of securities under this subchapter
§ 77d	Exempted transactions
§ 77e	Prohibitions relating to interstate commerce and the mails
§ 77f	Registration of securities
§ 77g	Information required in registration statement
§ 77h	Taking effect of registration statements and amendments thereto
§ 77h-1	Cease-and-desist proceedings
§ 77i	Court review of orders
§ 77j	Information required in prospectus
§ 77k	Civil liabilities on account of false registration statement
§ 77l	Civil liabilities arising in connection with prospectuses and communications
§ 77m	Limitation of actions
§ 77n	Contrary stipulations void
§ 77o	Liability of controlling persons
§ 77p	Additional remedies; limitation on remedies
§ 77q	Fraudulent interstate transactions
§ 77r	Exemption from State regulation of securities offerings
§ 77r-1	Preemption of State law
§ 77s	Special powers of Commission
§ 77t	Injunctions and prosecution of offenses
§ 77u	Hearings by Commission
§ 77v	Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
§ 77w	Unlawful representations
§ 77x	Penalties
§ 77y	Jurisdiction of other Government agencies over securities
§ 77z	Separability
§ 77z-1	Private securities litigation
§ 77z-2	Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements
§ 77z-3	General exemptive authority
§ 77aa	Schedule of information required in registration statement

SUBCHAPTER II—FOREIGN SECURITIES

Sec.
§ 77bb	“Corporation of Foreign Security Holders”; creation; principal office; branch offices
§ 77cc	Directors of Corporation; appointment, term of office, and removal
§ 77dd	Powers and duties of Corporation, generally
§ 77ee	Directors of Corporation, powers and duties generally
§ 77ff	Accounts and annual balance sheet of Corporation; audits
§ 77gg	Annual report by Corporation; printing and distribution
§ 77hh	Assessments by Corporation on holders of foreign securities
§ 77ii	Subscriptions accepted by Corporation as loans; repayment
§ 77jj	Loans to Corporation from Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized
§ 77kk	Representations by Corporation as acting for Department of State or United States forbidden; interference with foreign negotiations forbidden
§ 77ll	Effective date of subchapter
§ 77mm	Short title

SUBCHAPTER III—TRUST INDENTURES

Sec.
§ 77aaa	Short title
§ 77bbb	Necessity for regulation
§ 77ccc	Definitions
§ 77ddd	Exempted securities and transactions
§ 77eee	Securities required to be registered under Securities Act
§ 77fff	Securities not registered under Securities Act
§ 77ggg	Qualification of indentures covering securities not required to be registered
§ 77hhh	Integration of procedure with Securities Act and other Acts
§ 77iii	Effective time of qualification
§ 77jjj	Eligibility and disqualification of trustee
§ 77kkk	Preferential collection of claims against obligor
§ 77lll	Bondholders’ lists
§ 77mmm	Reports by indenture trustee
§ 77nnn	Reports by obligor; evidence of compliance with indenture provisions
§ 77ooo	Duties and responsibility of the trustee
§ 77ppp	Directions and waivers by bondholders; prohibition of impairment of holder’s right to payment; record date
§ 77qqq	Special powers of trustee; duties of paying agents
§ 77rrr	Effect of prescribed indenture provisions
§ 77sss	Rules, regulations, and orders
§ 77ttt	Hearings by Commission
§ 77uuu	Special powers of the Commission
§ 77vvv	Judicial review
§ 77www	Liability for misleading statements
§ 77xxx	Unlawful representations
§ 77yyy	Penalties
§ 77zzz	Effect on existing law
§ 77aaaa	Contrary stipulations void
§ 77bbbb	Separability