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title: "15 U.S.C. § 80a55"
description: "Qualifications of directors"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_name: "INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND ADVISERS"
section: "80a55"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 80a55"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 80a55 - Qualifications of directors
## Text
(a) Non-interested persons A majority of a business development companys directors or general partners shall be persons who are not interested persons of such company.
(b) Vacancies; suspension of provisions If, by reason of the death, disqualification, or bona fide resignation of any director or general partner, a business development company does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, or the requirements of section 80a15(f)(1) of this title with respect to directors, the operation of such provisions shall be suspended for a period of 90 days or for such longer period as the Commission may prescribe, upon its own motion or by order upon application, as not inconsistent with the protection of investors.
(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, § 56, as added Pub. L. 96477, title I § 105, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2280.)