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TITLE 4. SECURITIES 25000-31516›DIVISION 1. CORPORATE SECURITIES LAW OF 1968 25000-25707›PART 5. FRAUDULENT AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES 25400-25404

§ 25403

California Corporations Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Every person who with knowledge directly or indirectly controls and induces any person to violate any provision of this division or any rule or order thereunder shall be deemed to be in violation of that provision, rule, or order to the same extent as the controlled and induced person.

(b) Any person that knowingly provides substantial assistance to another person in violation of any provision of this division or any rule or order thereunder shall be deemed to be in violation of that provision, rule, or order to the same extent as the person to whom the assistance was provided.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person directly or indirectly to do any act or thing which would be unlawful for that person to do under any provision of this division or any rule or order thereunder through or by any other person.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime under any other statute.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 391, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1999.)

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