---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 16.16"
title: "12"
number: "16.16"
heading: "Effectiveness."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/16.16"
---

# §16.16. Effectiveness.

- (a) Registration statements and amendments filed with the OCC pursuant to this part will become effective in accordance with sections 8(a) and (c) of the Securities Act (15 U.S.C. [77h(a)](/usc/15/77h.md?p=a) and [(c)](/usc/15/77h.md?p=c)) and SEC Regulation C ([17 CFR part 230](/cfr/17/part230.md), Regulation C—Registration).
- (b) The OCC will deem registration statements and amendments that become effective pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to be declared effective. If the OCC deems a registration statement to be declared effective, the OCC will also deem the prospectus that was filed as a part of that registration statement to be declared effective.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 54798, Nov. 2, 1994, as amended at 82 FR 8108, Jan. 23, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1 et seq., 93a, 1462a, 1463, 1464, and 5412(b)(2)(B).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 54798, Nov. 2, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 54798, Nov. 2, 1994, as amended at 82 FR 8108, Jan. 23, 2017]