§ 80a-44. — Disclosure of information filed with Commission; copies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC80a-44]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2D--INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND ADVISERS
SUBCHAPTER I--INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Sec. 80a-44. Disclosure of information filed with Commission;
copies
(a) The information contained in any registration statement,
application, report, or other document filed with the Commission
pursuant to any provision of this subchapter or of any rule or
regulation thereunder (as distinguished from any information or document
transmitted to the Commission) shall be made available to the public,
unless and except insofar as the Commission, by rules and regulations
upon its own motion, or by order upon application, finds that public
disclosure is neither necessary nor appropriate in the public interest
or for the protection of investors. Except as provided in section 78x(c)
of this title, it shall be unlawful for any member, officer, or employee
of the Commission to use for personal benefit, or to disclose to any
person other than an official or employee of the United States or of a
State, for official use, or for any such official or employee to use for
personal benefit, any information contained in any document so filed or
transmitted, if such information is not available to the public.
(b) Photostatic or other copies of information contained in
documents filed with the Commission under this subchapter and made
available to the public shall be furnished any person at such reasonable
charge and under such reasonable limitations as the Commission shall
prescribe.
(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, Sec. 45, 54 Stat. 845; Pub. L. 101-
550, title II, Sec. 202(b)(1), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2715.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-550 substituted ``Except as provided
in section 78x(c) of this title, it shall be unlawful'' for ``It shall
be unlawful''.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 80a-6, 80a-58 of this title.
