It shall be unlawful for any registered investment company to pay any dividend, or to make any distribution in the nature of a dividend payment, wholly or partly from any source other than—
(1) such company’s accumulated undistributed net income, determined in accordance with good accounting practice and not including profits or losses realized upon the sale of securities or other properties; or
(2) such company’s net income so determined for the current or preceding fiscal year;
It shall be unlawful in contravention of such rules, regulations, or orders as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors for any registered investment company to distribute long-term capital gains, as defined in title 26, more often than once every twelve months.
(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, § 19, 54 Stat. 821; Pub. L. 91–547, § 11, Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1422; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)
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