2015 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade (Sections 1 - 8405)
Chapter 2D - Investment Companies and Advisers (Sections 80a-1 - 80b-21)
Subchapter I - Investment Companies (Sections 80a-1 - 80a-64)
Sec. 80a-55 - Qualifications of directors

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2D - INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND ADVISERS
SUBCHAPTER I - INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Sec. 80a-55 - Qualifications of directors
Containssection 80a-55
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §56, as added Pub. L. 96-477, title I §105, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2280.
Statutes at Large Reference94 Stat. 2280
Public and Private LawPublic Law 96-477

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15 U.S.C. § 80a-55 (2015)
§80a–55. Qualifications of directors(a) Non-interested persons

A majority of a business development company's directors or general partners shall be persons who are not interested persons of such company.

(b) Vacancies; suspension of provisions

If, by reason of the death, disqualification, or bona fide resignation of any director or general partner, a business development company does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, or the requirements of section 80a–15(f)(1) of this title with respect to directors, the operation of such provisions shall be suspended for a period of 90 days or for such longer period as the Commission may prescribe, upon its own motion or by order upon application, as not inconsistent with the protection of investors.

(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, §56, as added Pub. L. 96–477, title I §105, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2280.)

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