Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Public Utility Holding Company Act

A federal law enacted in 1935 to protect investors and consumers from the economic disadvantages produced by the small number of holding companies that owned most of the nation's utilities. ( The Act also sought to protect the public from deceptive security advertising. 15 USCA ยงยง 79 et seq. - Abbr. PUHCA.