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Ruling No. 15.

X-8061

FEDERAL

RESERVEBOARD

STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS
For immediate r e l e a s e .

October

10, 1934.

TIME WITHIN WHICH COMBINATION OF TRANSACTIONS MUST BE MADE IN OLD ACCOUNTS.
In r e p l y t o an inquiry, Board has advised that i n order to "be
considered a "combination of transactions" w i t h i n the meaning
of the second proviso of s e c t i o n 7(a) of Regulation T, the
transactions c o n s t i t u t i n g such combination must be made on the
same day except that any s u b s t i t u t i o n of s e c u r i t i e s c o n s i s t i n g
of a s a l e of s e c u r i t i e s i n the account and t h e purchase of
other s e c u r i t i e s may be considered as a s i n g l e t r a n s a c t i o n occurring on the day on which the purchase occurs, i f completed
within a period of two s u c c e s s i v e business days, regardless of
whether the s a l e occurs before or a f t e r the purchase.