2016 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part II - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 213 - Limitations
Sec. 3301 - Securities fraud offenses
| 18 U.S.C. § 3301 (2016) |
| §3301. Securities fraud offenses |
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(a) Definition.—In this section, the term "securities fraud offense" means a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate— (1) section 1348; (2) section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)); (3) section 24 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77x); (4) section 217 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–17); (5) section 49 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–48); or (6) section 325 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77yyy). (b) Limitation.—No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a securities fraud offense, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 6 years after the commission of the offense. |
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(Added Pub. L. 111–203, title X, §1079A(b)(1), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2079.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective 1 day after July 21, 2010, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 5301 of Title 12, Banks and Banking. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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| Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART II - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CHAPTER 213 - LIMITATIONS Sec. 3301 - Securities fraud offenses |
| section 3301 |
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| January 6, 2017 |
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| 124 Stat. 2079 |
| Public Law 111-203 |
