California Corporations Code
§ 25140
CORP § 25140Div. 1 · Title 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 5
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)(1) The commissioner may issue a stop order denying effectiveness to, or suspending or revoking the effectiveness of, any qualification of an underwritten offering of securities under Section 25111, 25112 or 25131 or may suspend or revoke any permit issued under Section 25113 or 25122 if he or she finds (A) that the order is in the public interest and (B) that the proposed plan of business of the issuer or the proposed issuance or sale of securities is not fair, just, or equitable, or that the issuer does not intend to transact its business fairly and honestly, or that the securities proposed to be issued or the method to be used in issuing them will tend to work a fraud upon the purchaser thereof.
(2)In the case of an application for or qualification of securities under Section 25111, 25112, or 25131 that is not an underwritten offering of securities, the commissioner may issue a stop order denying effectiveness to, or suspending or revoking the effectiveness of the qualification unless he or she finds (A) that the stop order is not in the public interest and (B) that the proposed plan of business of the applicant or the proposed issuance of securities is fair, just, and equitable, that the issuer intends to transact its business fairly and honestly, and that the securities that the issuer proposes to issue or the method to be used in issuing them are not such as will work a fraud upon the purchaser thereof.
(b)The commissioner may refuse to issue a permit under Section 25113 unless he or she finds that the proposed plan of business of the applicant and the proposed issuance of securities are fair, just, and equitable, that the applicant intends to transact its business fairly and honestly, and that the securities which it proposes to issue and the methods to be used by it in issuing them are not such as, in his or her opinion, will work a fraud upon the purchaser thereof.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1035, Sec. 2.