{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3301","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3301.","heading":"Securities fraud offenses","text":"\u00a7\u202f3301.\nSecurities fraud offenses\n(a)\nDefinition.\u2014\nIn this section, the term \u201csecurities fraud offense\u201d means a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate\u2014\n(1) section 1348;\n(2) section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\n15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)\n(3) section 24 of the Securities Act of 1933 (\n15 U.S.C. 77x\n(4) section 217 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (\n15 U.S.C. 80b\u201317\n(5) section 49 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (\n15 U.S.C. 80a\u201348\n(6) section 325 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (\n15 U.S.C. 77yyy\n(b)\nLimitation.\u2014\nNo 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s3301.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3301."},{"t":"heading","text":"Securities fraud offenses"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section, the term \u201csecurities fraud offense\u201d means a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" section 1348;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)","href":"/us/usc/t15/s78ff/a","tail":");"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" section 24 of the Securities Act of 1933 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"15 U.S.C. 77x","href":"/us/usc/t15/s77x","tail":");"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" section 217 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"15 U.S.C. 80b\u201317","href":"/us/usc/t15/s80b\u201317","tail":");"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" section 49 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"15 U.S.C. 80a\u201348","href":"/us/usc/t15/s80a\u201348","tail":"); or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" section 325 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"15 U.S.C. 77yyy","href":"/us/usc/t15/s77yyy","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s3301/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Limitation.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}