Power of the Commission With Respect to Securities Ownership.
Section 47
SEC. 47. Power of the Commission With Respect to Securities Ownership. — The Commission is authorized, having due regard to the public interest and the protection of investors, to promulgate rules and regulations which: 47.1 Validate the transfer of securities by book-entries rather than the delivery of physical certificates; 47.2 Establish when a person acquires a security or an interest therein and when delivery of a security to a purchaser occurs; 47.3 Establish which records constitute the best evidence of a person's interests in a security and the effect of any errors in electronic records of ownership; 47.4 Codify the rights of investors who choose to hold their securities indirectly through a registered clearing agency and/or other securities intermediaries; 47.5 Codify the duties of securities intermediaries (including clearing agencies) who hold securities on behalf of investors; and 47.6 Give first priority to any claims of a registered clearing agency against a participant arising from a failure by the participant to meet its obligations under the clearing agency's rules in respect of the clearing and settlement of transactions in securities, in a dissolution of the participant, and any such rules and regulations shall bind the issuers of the securities, investors in the securities, any third parties with interests in the securities, and the creditors of a participant of a registered clearing agency. CHAPTER XIIMARGIN AND CREDIT