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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 451.305

  • commission: means the public trust commission as hereinbefore created. See Michigan Laws 451.302
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • protective committee: shall include all persons who propose or purport to act, or who are now acting, for and in behalf of others and/or themselves with respect to a security and/or for the purpose of protecting and preserving the common interests of the holders or owners of the particular security. See Michigan Laws 451.302
  • securities: shall include bonds, notes, debentures, and any other instrument of like character used to evidence indebtedness. See Michigan Laws 451.302
     The commission shall have the power to suspend or revoke licenses once issued for any practices on the part of the person licensed partaking of, or actually resulting in, fraud, deception or imposition upon the holders or owners of securities whether or not such holders or owners have deposited their securities and/or consented to a protective committee agreement, and also for activity in violation of the commission’s orders or rulings or the provisions of this act, or in case of members of protective committees for failure to act expeditiously in the matter with respect to which they organized: Provided, That no order of suspension or revocation of license shall be entered until the person licensed has been given a hearing on the reasons for such suspension or revocation. Upon notice of revocation, it shall be the duty of the person licensed to return the license to the commission for cancellation.