7 U.S.C. § 6e

Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)

Section 6e - Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited

It shall be unlawful for any person to act as floor trader in executing purchases and sales, or as floor broker in executing any orders for the purchase or sale, of any commodity for future delivery, or involving any contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery, on or subject to the rules of any contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility unless such person shall have registered, under this chapter, with the Commission as such floor trader or floor broker and such registration shall not have expired nor been suspended nor revoked.

7 U.S.C. § 6e

Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, §4e, as added June 15, 1936, ch. 545, §5, 49 Stat. 1495; amended Pub. L. 93-463, title I, §103(a), Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1392; Pub. L. 102-546, title II, §207(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3604; Pub. L. 106-554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(6)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-407.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2000- Pub. L. 106-554 inserted "or derivatives transaction execution facility" after "contract market".1992- Pub. L. 102-546 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any person to act as floor broker in executing any orders for the purchase or sale of any commodity for future delivery, or involving any contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery, on or subject to the rules of any contract market unless such person shall have registered, under this chapter, with the Commission as such floor broker and such registration shall not have expired nor been suspended nor revoked." 1974- Pub. L. 93-463 substituted "Commission" for "Secretary of Agriculture".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 102-546, title II, §207(c), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3604, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 6f, 6g, 12a, and 13a-2 of this title] shall become effective one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 1992], and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall issue any regulations necessary to implement the amendments made by this section no later than one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act."

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 DATEFor effective date of section, see section 13 of act June 15, 1936, set out as an Effective Date of 1936 Amendment note under section 1 of this title.

Commission

The term "Commission" means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission established under section 2(a)(2) of this title.