Futures Trading Act of 1982 |
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96 STAT action application appropriate approval associated person board of trade Commis Commission determines Committee on Agriculture Commodity Exchange Act commodity for future Commodity Futures Trading commodity pool operator commodity trading advisor Conference substitute adopts contract market contracts of sale court date of enactment department or agency employee Exchange Commission expired Federal felony filing floor broker future delivery futures commission merchant futures contract Futures Trading Act Futures Trading Commission group or index House bill interstate commerce introducing broker issued jurisdiction licensed board mission modity National Futures Association notice and opportunity opportunity for hearing paragraph prescribe proceeding Provided public interest PUBLIC LAW purchase or sale pursuant regis registered futures association registration require revoked rule or regulation rules and regulations Securities and Exchange Senate amendment September 30 sion specified suspended terms and conditions thereunder tion transactions United States Code unlawful violation
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Page 164 - ... to employ and fix the compensation of such attorneys, special experts, examiners, clerks, and other employees as it may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of its duties and as may be from time to time appropriated for by Congress.
Page 120 - A vacancy in the commission shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission.
Page 87 - General, or any of his assistants or employees, when duly authorized by him, shall, for the purpose of securing such information, have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records of any such department or establishment.
Page 162 - ... shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
Page 130 - futures commission merchant" shall mean and include individuals, associations, partnerships, corporations, and trusts engaged in soliciting or in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of any commodity for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market and...
Page 33 - Senate to the bill (HR 4961) to make miscellaneous changes in the tax laws, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect...
Page 183 - So much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held, available, or to be made available in connection with the functions transferred to the...
Page 145 - Commission deems relevant or material to the inquiry. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of any such records may be required from any place in the United States or any State at any designated place of hearing.
Page 145 - Commission or any officer designated by it is empowered to administer oaths and affirmations, subpena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records which the Commission deems relevant or material to the inquiry.
Page 83 - ... any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. All process in any such case may be served in the judicial district whereof such person is an inhabitant or wherever he may be found.