{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3301","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3301.","heading":"Securities fraud offenses","status":null,"guid":"idbea7178b-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1079A(b)(1), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2079.)","seq_in_title":1115,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch213","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII","level":"part","num":"PART II—","heading":"CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch213","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 213—","heading":"LIMITATIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id7541a997-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301\"><num value=\"3301\">§ 3301.</num><heading> Securities fraud offenses</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id7541a998-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Definition</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In this section, the term “securities fraud offense” means a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7541a999-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> section 1348;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7541a99a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<ref href=\"/us/usc/t15/s78ff/a\">15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)</ref>);</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7541a99b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> section 24 of the Securities Act of 1933 (<ref href=\"/us/usc/t15/s77x\">15 U.S.C. 77x</ref>);</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7541a99c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> section 217 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (<ref href=\"/us/usc/t15/s80b–17\">15 U.S.C. 80b–17</ref>);</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7541a99d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/5\"><num value=\"5\">(5)</num><content> section 49 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (<ref href=\"/us/usc/t15/s80a–48\">15 U.S.C. 80a–48</ref>); or</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id7541a99e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/6\"><num value=\"6\">(6)</num><content> section 325 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (<ref href=\"/us/usc/t15/s77yyy\">15 U.S.C. 77yyy</ref>).</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id7541a99f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3301/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Limitation</inline>.—</heading><content>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.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id7541a9a0-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/111/203/tX/s1079A/b/1\">Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1079A(b)(1)</ref>, <date date=\"2010-07-21\">July 21, 2010</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/124/2079\">124 Stat. 2079</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id7541a9a1-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id7541a9a2-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id7541a9a3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective 1 day after <date date=\"2010-07-21\">July 21, 2010</date>, except as otherwise provided, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/111/203/s4\">section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t12/s5301\">section 5301 of Title 12</ref>, Banks and Banking.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}