# Exemption From Section 101(c)(1) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act for Registered Investment Companies
> **US Securities and Exchange Commission** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2000-08-02 · Effective 2000-10-01 · 65 FR 47281
## Document
- **Document number:** 00-19446
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Securities and Exchange Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 65 FR 47281
- **CFR reference:** 17 CFR 230
- **Publication date:** 2000-08-02
- **Effective date:** 2000-10-01
- **Docket:** Release Nos. 33-7877
## Abstract

The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting, as an interim final rule, rule 160 under the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from the consumer consent requirements of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ("Electronic Signatures Act") prospectuses of registered investment companies that are used for the sole purpose of permitting supplemental sales literature to be provided to prospective investors. Consistent with Commission interpretations of existing law, the rule permits a registered investment company to provide its prospectus and supplemental sales literature on its web site or by other electronic means without first obtaining investor consent to the electronic format of the prospectus. The Commission also is clarifying its interpretation on the responsibility of registered investment companies for hyperlinks to third-party web sites from their advertisements or sales literature.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/08/02/00-19446/exemption-from-section-101c1-of-the-electronic-signatures-in-global-and-national-commerce-act-for)
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