12 CFR § 333.2 - Change in general character of business.

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title: "12 CFR § 333.2 - Change in general character of business."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "333.2"
section_name: "Change in general character of business."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
part_number: "333"
part_name: "EXTENSION OF CORPORATE POWERS"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1816; 1817(i); 1818; 1819(a) (“Seventh”, “Eighth”, and “Tenth”), 1828, 1828(m), 1831p-1(c), 5414 and 5415."
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# 333.2 Change in general character of business.

No State nonmember insured bank (except a District bank) or branch thereof shall hereafter cause or permit any change to be made in the general character or type of business exercised by it after the effective date of this part without the prior written consent of the Corporation.

[15 FR 8644, Dec. 6, 1950]