§ 1-404. Prohibited advisory activities
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 70 P.S. SecuritiesEffective: August 11, 2014
Effective: August 11, 2014
70 P.S. § 1-404
§ 1-404. Prohibited advisory activities
(3) Acting as principal for his own account, knowingly to sell any security to or purchase any security from a client, or, acting as broker for a person other than such client, knowingly to effect any sale or purchase of any security for the account of such client, without disclosing to such client in writing before the completion of the transaction the capacity in which he is acting and obtaining the consent of the client to such transaction. The prohibitions of this paragraph shall not apply to any transaction with a customer of a broker-dealer if such broker-dealer is not acting as an investment adviser in relation to such transaction.
(5) To fail to disclose to the board of school directors of a public school district or to a municipal pension plan or system in this Commonwealth the compensation that such person will give, directly or indirectly, to another person in connection with either obtaining the board of school directors or municipal pension plan or system as an advisory client or advising the board of school directors or municipal pension plan or system as to any transaction involving the purchase or sale of a security with respect to an investment of public school district funds pursuant to section 440.1 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14),1 known as the “Public School Code of 1949,” and 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B2 (relating to indebtedness and borrowing) or investment of funds of the municipal pension plan or system.
(c) The prohibitions of this section shall apply to federally covered advisers and other persons excluded from the definition of investment adviser under section 102(j)(i) through (viii), (x) and (xi)3 only to the extent that the prohibited conduct involves fraud or deceit.
Credits
1972, Dec. 5, P.L. 1280, No. 284, § 404, effective Jan. 1, 1973. Amended 1998, Nov. 24, P.L. 829, No. 109, § 18, effective in 60 days; 2004, Nov. 23, P.L. 924, No. 128, § 2, effective Jan. 24, 2005; 2014, June 10, P.L. 678, No. 52, § 16, effective in 60 days [Aug. 11, 2014].
70 P.S. § 1-404, PA ST 70 P.S. § 1-404
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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