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PUBLIC LAW 88-503-AUG. 30, 1964

(h) All rules and fornis of the Commission made under this Act shall be published. (i) No provision of this Act imposing any liability shall apply to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, form, or order of the Commission, notwithstanding that the rule, form, or order may later be amended or rescinded or be determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason. (j) A document shall be deemed to be filed or submitted to the Commission when it is received by it during regular business hours. (k) The Commission shall keep a register of all license applications which are or have ever been effective under this Act, and all denial, suspension, postponement, or revocation orders entered under this Act. Such register shall be open for public inspection during regular business hours. (1) License applications and materials submitted therewith or in connection therewith may be made available to the public under such rules as the Commission may prescribe. Such rules may include, but shall not be limited to, rules prescribing reasonable fees for furnishing photostatic or other copies upon request. The Commission may certify under seal such copy or copies of any document available to the public or any entry in the register, and any copy so certified shall be admitted as evidence with the same effect as the exemplifications of record referred to in section 14-501 of the District of Columbia Code. (m) The Commission may refer evidence concerning violations of this Act or of any rule or order under this Act to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia who may, with or without such reference, institute criminal proceedings under this Act. The Commission shall comply with any request of the Attorney General of the United States, the Postmaster General of the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for any information or evidence coming to it in the administration of the Act. The Commission in its discretion may refer any information or evidence coming to it in the administration of this Act to any department or agency of the United States, to the securities administrator of any State, or to any national securities exchange or national securities association registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (n) Any hearing held by the Commission pursuant to this Act shall be public unless the Commission in its discretion and with the consent of all the parties to such hearing order that the hearing be conducted privately.

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Nonliability provisions.

License applications, register.

Document certification.

77 Stat. 520. Evidence of violations.

48 Stat. 881. 15 USC 78a.

JUDICIAL REVIEW

SEC. 17. Section 11-742 (a) of the District of Columbia Code is amended (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (8); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(10) final orders of the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia under the provisions of the District of Columbia Securities Act." ADVISORY COMMITTEE

SEC. 18. The President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall appoint a District of Columbia Securities Advisory Committee which shall consist of six members, who shall be residents of the District of Columbia or the State of Maryland or the State of Virginia, at least two of whom shall be actively engaged in

77 Stat. 485.

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