No business development company shall, unless authorized by the vote of a majority of its outstanding voting securities or partnership interests, change the nature of its business so as to cease to be, or to withdraw its election as, a business development company.
(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, § 58, as added Pub. L. 96–477, title I, § 105, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2285.)