2018 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 1 - Commodity Exchanges
Sec. 12b - Trading ban violations; prohibition

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 12b (2018)
Section Name §12b. Trading ban violations; prohibition
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(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 AMENDMENTS

2000—Pub. L. 106–554 substituted "registered entity" for "contract market" in two places.

1974—Pub. L. 93–463 substituted "Commission" for "Secretary of Agriculture".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT

For 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 DATE

Section 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Sec. 12b - Trading ban violations; prohibition
Contains section 12b
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 82 Stat. 33
88 Stat. 1392
114 Stat. 2763
Public Law References Public Law 90-258, Public Law 93-463, Public Law 106-554
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