17 CFR § 401.4 - Exemption for financial institutions engaged in limited government securities dealer activities.

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title: "17 CFR § 401.4 - Exemption for financial institutions engaged in limited government securities dealer activities."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "401.4"
section_name: "Exemption for financial institutions engaged in limited government securities dealer activities."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 15C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "EXEMPTIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 101, Pub. L. 99-571, 100 Stat. 3209 (15 U.S.C. 78o-5(a)(4))."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 27930, July 24, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 401.4 Exemption for financial institutions engaged in limited government securities dealer activities.

(a) Subject to the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section, a financial institution shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 15C (a), (b), and (d) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o-5 (a), (b), (d)) and the regulations of this subchapter if its government securities dealer activities are limited to one or more of the following activities:

(1) Sales or purchases in a fiduciary capacity;

(2) The sale and subsequent repurchase and the purchase and subsequent resale of government securities pursuant to a repurchase or reverse repurchase agreement; and

(3) Such other activities as have been exempted by regulation under this subchapter.

(b)(1) A financial institution that relies on the exemption contained in paragraph (a) of this section is required to comply with:

(i) The regulations of part 450 of this chapter concerning custodial holdings of government securities for customers; and

(ii) Section 403.5(d) of this chapter concerning certain repurchase transactions with customers.

(2) A branch or agency of a foreign bank that relies on the exemption contained in paragraph (a) of this section is in addition required to comply with § 403.5(e) of this chapter.

(c) For the purposes of this section “financial institution” includes an insured credit union, as defined in 12 U.S.C. 1752(7).