§ 79s. — Hearings before Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC79s]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2C--PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANIES
Sec. 79s. Hearings before Commission
Hearings may be public and may be held before the Commission, any
member or members thereof, or any officer or officers of the Commission
designated by it, and appropriate records thereof shall be kept. In any
proceeding before the Commission, the Commission, in accordance with
such rules and regulations as it may prescribe, shall admit as a party
any interested State, State commission, State securities commission,
municipality, or other political subdivision of a State, and may admit
as a party any representative of interested consumers or security
holders, or any other person whose participation in the proceedings may
be in the public interest or for the protection of investors or
consumers.
(Aug. 26, 1935, ch. 687, title I, Sec. 19, 49 Stat. 832.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission,
with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan
No. 10 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat.
1265, set out under section 78d of this title.
