Title: Digest of Commodity Exchange Act /
Authors: Mehl, Joseph Martin, 1886-; United States.; United States.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Grain Futures Administration,
Year: 1936
Subjects: United States. Digests.; Commodity exchanges Law and legislation United States
Contents: Title references -- Legislative basis -- Contract markets. Conditions for designation -- Additional requirements -- Cooperative associations -- Registration of Futures Commission merchants and floor brokers -- Protection of customers' margin moneys -- Limitations upon trading. Hedges exempted -- Unlawful transactions and practices. Fraud, cheating, bucketing, etc. -- Accidental omissions, exceptions -- Wash sales, cross trades, privileges, etc. -- Permissive ex-ring or ex-pit transactions, Bucket shops, misrepresentation -- Provisions of law affecting nonmembers of commodity exchanges -- Penalties and procedure. Proceedings before Commodity Exchange Commission -- Proceedings before Secretary of Agriculture -- Criminal offenses -- General powers of Secretary of Agriculture -- Effective date of 1936 amendments.