Certificate showing authority to issue stock or pay dividends to be obtained

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Public Utilities
4. Issuance of Securities
5. Certificate showing authority to issue stock or pay dividends to be obtained

No public utility shall hereafter issue any stocks, stock certificates, bonds, mortgages, or any other evidences of indebtedness payable in more than 1 year from date, or pay any stock, bond or scrip dividend, until it shall have first obtained the certificate of the Commission showing authority for such issue from the Commission.

(Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 990, ch. 150, § 8, par. 73; Aug. 4, 1955, 69 Stat. 485, ch. 545, § 2.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 43-702.

1973 Ed., § 43-802.

Cross References

Penal provisions, stock issue by false statements, see § 34-701.

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