The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act PRACTICES ACT: e 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3, 78m, 78ff 15 US.C. § 78dd-1 [Section 30A of the Securities Exchange Act of (2) any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for 1934] Prohibited foreign trade practices by issuers foreign political office for purposes of — (a) Prohibition (A) (i) influencing any act or decision of such party, official, or candi- date in its or his official capacity, (ii) inducing such party, official, or Tt shall be unlawful for any issuer which has a class of securities regis- candidate to do or omit to do an act in violation of the lawful duty of tered pursuant to section 78] of this title or which is required to file such party, official, or candidate, or (iii) securing any improper advan- reports under section 780(d) of this title, or for any officer, director, tage; or employee, or agent of such issuer or any stockholder thereof acting on behalf of such issuer, to make use of the mails or any means or (B) inducing such party, official, or candidate to use its or his influ- instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an ence with a foreign government or instrumentality thereof to affect or offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment of any influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality, money, or offer, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of in order to assist such issuer in obtaining or retaining business for or anything of value to— with, or directing business to, any person; or (1) any foreign official for purposes of— (3) any person, while knowing that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly, (A) (i) influencing any act or decision of such foreign official in his to any foreign official, to any foreign political party or official thereof, official capacity, (ii) inducing such foreign official to do or omit to do or to an