Securities Exchange Act of 1934

15 USC 78a et seq.; 48 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 73-291 (June 6, 1934)
  • Section
  • Definitions and application
  • Swap agreements
  • Securities-related derivatives
  • Clearing for security-based swaps
  • Security-based swap execution facilities
  • Segregation of assets held as collateral in security-based swap transactions
  • Transactions on unregistered exchanges
  • National securities exchanges
  • Margin requirements
  • Restrictions on borrowing by members, brokers, and dealers
  • Manipulation of security prices
  • Manipulative and deceptive devices
  • Position limits and position accountability for security-based swaps and large trader reporting
  • Trading by members of exchanges, brokers, and dealers
  • National market system for securities
  • Registration requirements for securities
  • Periodical and other reports
  • Reporting and recordkeeping for certain security-based swaps
  • Proxies
  • Shareholder approval of executive compensation
  • Corporate governance
  • Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers
  • Registered securities associations
  • Municipal securities
  • Government securities brokers and dealers
  • Registration and regulation of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants
  • Credit Risk Retention
  • Directors, officers, and principal stockholders
  • Records and reports
  • National system for clearance and settlement of securities transactions
  • Liability for misleading statements
  • Registration, responsibilities, and oversight of self-regulatory organizations
  • Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations
  • Liability to contemporaneous traders for insider trading
  • Investigation and actions
  • Civil penalties for insider trading
  • Civil remedies in administrative proceedings
  • Rules, regulations, and orders; annual reports
  • Public availability of information
  • Court review of orders and rules
  • Unlawful representations
  • Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
  • Special provisions relating to statute of limitations on private causes of action
  • Effect on existing law
  • Validity of contracts
  • Foreign securities exchanges
  • Foreign corrupt practices by issuers
  • Penalties
  • Effective date
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