Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is the core U.S. federal provision that requires broker-dealers to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and comply with associated regulatory obligations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal securities law provision ⓘ
statutory provision ⓘ
amendedBy Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 ⓘ
appliesTo broker-dealers ⓘ
authorizes SEC to adopt rules to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative acts or practices by brokers and dealers ⓘ
SEC to deny, suspend, or revoke broker-dealer registration under specified conditions ⓘ
SEC to impose sanctions on broker-dealers and associated persons ⓘ
codifiedAt 15 U.S.C. § 78o ⓘ
contains Section 15(a) ⓘ
Section 15(b) ⓘ
Section 15(c) ⓘ
Section 15(g) ⓘ
Section 15(h) ⓘ
Section 15(i) ⓘ
Section 15(j) ⓘ
Section 15(k) ⓘ
Section 15(l) ⓘ
Section 15(m) ⓘ
Section 15(n) ⓘ
Section 15(o) ⓘ
Section 15(p) ⓘ
Section 15(q) ⓘ
Section 15(r) ⓘ
Section 15(s) ⓘ
Section 15(t) ⓘ
Section 15(u) ⓘ
Section 15(v) ⓘ
Section 15(w) ⓘ
Section 15(x) ⓘ
Section 15(y) ⓘ
Section 15(z) ⓘ
effectiveDate 1934 ⓘ
enforcedBy U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
governs registration of brokers ⓘ
registration of dealers ⓘ
registration of government securities brokers and dealers ⓘ
registration of municipal securities dealers ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalBasisFor SEC regulation of broker-dealers ⓘ
partOf Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
primaryPurpose to regulate broker-dealer registration and conduct in U.S. securities markets ⓘ
prohibits fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative acts or practices by brokers and dealers ⓘ
unregistered broker-dealers from effecting securities transactions using interstate commerce ⓘ
requires broker-dealers to become members of a registered securities association or a national securities exchange, subject to exceptions ⓘ
broker-dealers to comply with SEC rules and regulations ⓘ
broker-dealers to comply with financial responsibility rules adopted by the SEC ⓘ
broker-dealers to file reports with the SEC as required by SEC rules ⓘ
broker-dealers to make and keep certain books and records as prescribed by the SEC ⓘ
broker-dealers to register with the SEC before using interstate commerce to effect securities transactions ⓘ
registration of broker-dealers with the SEC ⓘ

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Form BD → legalBasis → Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
SEC Rule 15b1-1 → relatedTo → Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
linked to: Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934