| Considerable attention was devoted to enforcement of the Act. |
The 1956 Act Section 408 was a slender provision providing for |
injunctions. Sections 603 and 604, in contrast, provide a broad |
array of civil and administrative techniques including asset |
freezes, rescission orders, and civil penalties. Under Section |
604 the administrator may issue a cease and desist order. Two |
other enforcement provisions in the Act are (1) stop orders in |
Sections 306(d) through (f), and (2) broker-dealer, agent, |
investment adviser, and investment adviser representative |
denials, revocations, suspensions, withdrawal, restrictions, |
conditions, or limitations of registration in Section 412. Each |
of the enforcement provisions in the Act includes both summary |
process and due process requirements either through judicial |
process or guarantees of appropriate notice, opportunity for |
hearing, and findings of facts and conclusions of law in a |
written record. |