Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 79d


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 79d. Transactions by unregistered holding companies

    (a) Transactions after December 1, 1935
      After December 1, 1935, unless a holding company is registered
    under section 79e of this title, it shall be unlawful for such
    holding company, directly or indirectly - 
        (1) to sell, transport, transmit, or distribute, or own or
      operate any utility assets for the transportation, transmission,
      or distribution of, natural or manufactured gas or electric
      energy in interstate commerce;
        (2) by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
      interstate commerce, to negotiate, enter into, or take any step
      in the performance of, any service, sales, or construction
      contract undertaking to perform services or construction work
      for, or sell goods to, any public-utility company or holding
      company;
        (3) to distribute or make any public offering for sale or
      exchange of any security of such holding company, any subsidiary
      company or affiliate of such holding company, any public-utility
      company, or any holding company, by use of the mails or any means
      or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or to sell any such
      security having reason to believe that such security, by use of
      the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce,
      will be distributed or made the subject of a public offering;
        (4) by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
      interstate commerce, to acquire or negotiate for the acquisition
      of any security or utility assets of any subsidiary company or
      affiliate of such holding company, any public-utility company, or
      any holding company;
        (5) to engage in any business in interstate commerce; or
        (6) to own, control, or hold with power to vote, any security
      of any subsidiary company thereof that does any of the acts
      enumerated in paragraphs (1) to (5) of this subsection.
    (b) Outstanding securities held by nonresidents; registration
      Every holding company which has outstanding any security any of
    which, by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of
    interstate commerce, has been distributed or made the subject of a
    public offering subsequent to January 1, 1925, and any of which
    security was owned or held on October 1, 1935 (or, if such company
    is not a holding company on that date, on the date such company
    becomes a holding company) by persons not resident in the State in
    which such holding company is organized, shall register under
    section 79e of this title on or before December 1, 1935 or the
    thirtieth day after such company becomes a holding company,
    whichever date is later.



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