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7 U.S.C. § 12b

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Trading ban violations; prohibition
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/us/usc/t7/s12b
Title
7 — Agriculture
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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It shall be unlawful for any person, against whom there is outstanding any order of the Commission prohibiting him from trading on or subject to the rules of any registered entity, to make or cause to be made in contravention of such order, any contract for future delivery of any commodity, on or subject to the rules of any registered entity. (Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 8b, as added Pub. L. 90–258, § 24, Feb. 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 33; amended Pub. L. 93–463, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1392; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 123(a)(20)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–410.) Editorial Notes Amendments2000—Pub. L. 106–554 substituted “registered entity” for “contract market” in two places. 1974—Pub. L. 93–463 substituted “Commission” for “Secretary of Agriculture”. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of 1974 AmendmentFor effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 93–463 see section 418 of Pub. L. 93–463, set out as a note under section 2 of this title. Effective DateSection effective 120 days after Feb. 19, 1968, see section 28 of Pub. L. 90–258, set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under section 2 of this title.

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