[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR230.100]

[Page 468]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
PART 230--GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECURITIES ACT OF 1933--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 230.100  Definitions of terms used in the rules and regulations.

    (a) As used in the rules and regulations prescribed in this part by 
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 
1933, unless the context otherwise requires:
    (1) The term Commission means the Securities and Exchange 
Commission.
    (2) The term Act means the Securities Act of 1933.
    (3) The term rules and regulations refers to all rules and 
regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to the Act, including the 
forms and accompanying instructions thereto.
    (4) The term registrant means the issuer of securities for which a 
registration statement is filed.
    (5) The term agent for service means the person authorized in the 
registration statement to receive notices and communications from the 
Commission.
    (6) The term electronic filer means a person or an entity that 
submits filings electronically pursuant to Rules 101, 901, 902 or 903 of 
Regulation S-T (Secs. 232.101, 232.901, 232.902 or 232.903 of this 
chapter, respectively).
    (7) The term electronic filing means a document under the federal 
securities laws that is transmitted or delivered to the Commission in 
electronic format.
    (b) Unless otherwise specifically provided, the terms used in this 
part shall have the meanings defined in the act.
    (c) A rule in the general rules and regulations which defines a term 
without express reference to the Act or to the rules and regulations or 
to a portion thereof defines such term for all purposes as used both in 
the Act and in the rules and regulations, unless the context otherwise 
requires.

[2 FR 1076, May 26, 1937, as amended at 21 FR 7566, Oct. 3, 1956; 58 FR 
14669, Mar. 18, 1993]