CFR > Title 22 - Foreign Relations > CHAPTER VII—OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION > SUBCHAPTER A—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (parts 705 to 713) > PART 709—FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT OF 1977 > 709.3—Definitions

709.3—Definitions

(a) The Act means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
(b) Entity means any individual, association, company, corporation, concern, partnership, or person.
(c) Offense means any act or omission to act which has been found by a United States court of competent jurisdiction to constitute, with respect to a particular entity, a violation of the Act, of section 13(b)(2), 13(b)(3) or 30A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (which were added in 1977 by the Act), or of any other provision of law derived from the Act.
(d) Suspension means the designation of an entity as ineligible to receive OPIC services through a suspension determination.
(e) Suspension determination means a determination by the President of OPIC pursuant to these regulations that an entity is ineligible to receive OPIC services.