No business development company shall, unless authorized by the vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities or partnership interests, change the nature of its business so as to cease to be, or to withdraw its election as, a business development company.
Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686Pub. L. 96–477, title I, § 10594 Stat. 2285(, title I, § 58, as added , , .)