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[CITE: 15USC78aa-1]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                    CHAPTER 2B--SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
Sec. 78aa-1. Special provision relating to statute of 
        limitations on private causes of action
        

(a) Effect on pending causes of action

    The limitation period for any private civil action implied under 
section 78j(b) of this title that was commenced on or before June 19, 
1991, shall be the limitation period provided by the laws applicable in 
the jurisdiction, including principles of retroactivity, as such laws 
existed on June 19, 1991.

(b) Effect on dismissed causes of action

    Any private civil action implied under section 78j(b) of this title 
that was commenced on or before June 19, 1991--
        (1) which was dismissed as time barred subsequent to June 19, 
    1991, and
        (2) which would have been timely filed under the limitation 
    period provided by the laws applicable in the jurisdiction, 
    including principles of retroactivity, as such laws existed on June 
    19, 1991,

shall be reinstated on motion by the plaintiff not later than 60 days 
after December 19, 1991.

(June 6, 1934, ch. 404, title I, Sec. 27A, as added Pub. L. 102-242, 
title IV, Sec. 476, Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2387.)