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A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Second Edition.

APPENDIX

The Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act

THE FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT

15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3, 78m, 78ff

15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 Prohibited foreign trade in order to assist such issuer in obtaining
practices by issuers [Section 30A of the or retaining business for or with, or directing
Securities Exchange Act of 1934] business to, any person;

(a) Prohibition (2) any foreign political party or official thereof
or any candidate for foreign political office for
It shall be unlawful for any issuer which has a purposes of—
class of securities registered pursuant to section
78l of this title or which is required to file reports (A) (i) influencing any act or decision of such
under section 78o(d) of this title, or for any officer, party, official, or candidate in its or his official
director, employee, or agent of such issuer or capacity, (ii) inducing such party, official, or
any stockholder thereof acting on behalf of such candidate to do or omit to do an act in violation of
issuer, to make use of the mails or any means or the lawful duty of such party, official, or candidate,
instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in or (iii) securing any improper advantage; or
furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay,
or authorization of the payment of any money, or (B) inducing such party, official, or candidate to
offer, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the use its or his influence with a foreign government
giving of anything of value to— or instrumentality thereof to affect or influence
any act or decision of such government or
(1) any foreign official for purposes of— instrumentality,

(A) (i) influencing any act or decision of such in order to assist such issuer in obtaining or
foreign official in his official capacity, (ii) inducing retaining business for or with, or directing business
such foreign official to do or omit to do any act in to, any person; or
violation of the lawful duty of such official, or (iii)
securing any improper advantage; or (3) any person, while knowing that all or a
portion of such money or thing of value will be
(B) inducing such foreign official to use offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly,
his influence with a foreign government or to any foreign official, to any foreign political party
instrumentality thereof to affect or influence or official thereof, or to any candidate for foreign
any act or decision of such government or political office, for purposes of—
instrumentality,
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