section 612 of this titleEach officer, or person performing the functions of an officer, and each director, or person performing the functions of a director, of an agent of a foreign principal which is not an individual shall be under obligation to cause such agent to execute and file a registration statement and supplements thereto as and when such filing is required under subsections (a) and (b) of and shall also be under obligation to cause such agent to comply with all the requirements of sections 614(a) and (b) and 615 of this title and all other requirements of this subchapter. Dissolution of any organization acting as an agent of a foreign principal shall not relieve any officer, or person performing the functions of an officer, or any director, or person performing the functions of a director, from complying with the provisions of this section. In case of failure of any such agent of a foreign principal to comply with any of the requirements of this subchapter, each of its officers, or persons performing the functions of officers, and each of its directors, or persons performing the functions of directors, shall be subject to prosecution therefor.
June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 7 52 Stat. 633 Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, § 1 56 Stat. 256 Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 524, § 2 64 Stat. 400 (, ; , ; , .)
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
section 611 of this titleSection 7 of act , prior to the general amendment of that act by act , provided for the effective date of the 1938 act. See Effective Date note set out under .
Amendments
1950—Act , continued the obligation of officers, directors, and persons acting as such to comply with this subchapter despite the dissolution of a foreign agent.
1942—Act , amended section generally.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1942 Amendment
section 611 of this titleAmendment by act , effective on the sixtieth day after , except that prior to such sixtieth day the Attorney General may make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules, regulations, and forms as may be necessary to carry out act , see section 3 of act , set out as a note under .