What Banking Act 1933 Section 21 (Glass-Steagall) - 12 USC 378 requires
Section 378 of title 12 of the United States Code, section 21 of the Banking Act of 1933 (Public Law 73-66, enacted 16 June 1933 - the Glass-Steagall Act), criminalises the simultaneous conduct of securities issuance, underwriting, dealing, or distribution and the receipt of deposits by the same entity, unless the entity is incorporated or permitted under federal or state law and subject to examination by federal or state banking authorities and publication of condition reports. The provision is the principal surviving statutory anchor of the Glass-Steagall separation of commercial banking from investment banking, after the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 repealed sections 20 and 32 (the affiliation restrictions). The prohibition continues to limit a non-bank securities firm from accepting deposits, materially shaping the legal structure of investment banks, broker-dealers, and bank-affiliated securities firms. Section 24 (Seventh) of the National Bank Act, also amended by Glass-Steagall, restricts the securities activities national banks may conduct for their own account; commercial bank securities activities are now conducted primarily through bank-affiliated broker-dealer subsidiaries under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley financial holding company framework. Wilful violations of section 21 are punishable by fine up to 5,000 USD and imprisonment up to 5 years.
Pillar: Banking & Global Finance · Authority: United States Congress (Office of the Law Revision Counsel) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/378
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- 12 USC 378 Banking Act 1933 Glass-Steagall https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/378
- Banking Act of 1933, Public Law 73-66, enacted 16 June 1933
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