17 CFR § 201.32 - When the Act applies.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s201.32"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "17 CFR § 201.32 - When the Act applies."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "201.32"
section_name: "When the Act applies."
chapter_name: "SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION"
part_number: "201"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 77s, 77sss, 78w, 78x, 80a-37, and 80b-11; 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1)."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 610, Jan. 6, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "201"
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# 201.32 When the Act applies.
The Act applies to adversary adjudications described in § 201.33 pending or commenced before the Commission on or after August 5, 1985. It also applies to any adversary adjudication commenced on or after October 1, 1984, and finally disposed of before August 5, 1985, provided that an application for fees and expenses, as described in these rules, has been filed with the Commission within 30 days after August 5, 1985. Proceedings which have been substantially concluded are not deemed pending under these rules although officially pending for purposes such as concluding remedial actions found in Commission orders or private undertakings.
[54 FR 53051, Dec. 27, 1989]