15 U.S.C. § 80a-52
The effective date of the provisions of this subchapter, so far as the same relate to face-amount certificates or to face-amount certificate companies, is January 1, 1941. The effective date of provisions hereof, insofar as the same do not apply to face-amount certificates or face-amount certificate companies is November 1, 1940. Except as herein otherwise provided, every provision of this subchapter shall take effect on November 1, 1940.
15 U.S.C. § 80a-52
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1987- Pub. L. 100-181 struck out at end of first sentence ": Provided, however, That any such face-amount certificate company may register prior to said date, as provided by section 80a-8 of this title, and such registration shall not operate to change or affect said effective date as to any such company or any face-amount certificates issued by it".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENTPub. L. 91-547, §30, Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1436, provided that: "This Act [see Short Title note set out under section 80a-51 of this title] shall take effect on the date of its enactment [Dec. 14, 1970], except that- "(1) sections (5)(a), (b), and (c); 8; 9(a); 11; 18; 24(a); and 25 (amending sections 10(a), (b), and (c) [section 80a-10(a), (b), and (c)]; 15 [section 80a-15]; 17(f) [section 80a-17(f)]; 19 [section 80a-19]; and 32(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [section 80a-31(a)]; and sections 203(b) and 205 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 [sections 80b-3(b) and 80b-5 of this title], respectively) shall take effect upon the expiration of one year after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 14, 1970];"(2) that part of section 5(d) which substitutes 'interested persons' for 'affiliated persons' in section 10(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [section 80a-10(d) of this title] shall take effect upon the expiration of one year after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 14, 1970];"(3) sections 16 and 17 (amending section 27 and 28 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [sections 80a-27 and 80a-28 of this title]) shall take effect upon the expiration of six months after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 14, 1970]; and"(4) that part of section 20 which adds a subsection (b) to section 36 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [section 80a-35 of this title] shall take effect upon the expiration of eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 14, 1970]."