7 USC § 13b - Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment; misdemeanor or felony; separate offenses

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If any person (other than a registered entity) is manipulating or attempting to manipulate or has manipulated or attempted to manipulate the market price of any commodity, in interstate commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any registered entity, or otherwise is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this chapter or of the rules, regulations, or orders of the Commission or the commission ^[1] thereunder, the Commission may, upon notice and hearing, and subject to appeal as in other cases provided for in sections 9 and 15 of this title, make and enter an order directing that such person shall cease and desist therefrom and, if such person thereafter and after the lapse of the period allowed for appeal of such order or after the affirmance of such order, shall fail or refuse to obey or comply with such order, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than the higher of $100,000 or triple the monetary gain to such person, or imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than one year, or both, except that if such failure or refusal to obey or comply with such order involves any offense within paragraph (a) or (b) of section 13 of this title, such person shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalties of said paragraph (a) or (b): Provided, That any such cease and desist order against any respondent in any case of manipulation of, or attempt to manipulate, the price of any commodity shall be issued only in conjunction with an order issued against such respondent under sections 9 and 15 of this title. Each day during which such failure or refusal to obey or comply with such order continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

[1] So in original. The words “or the commission” probably should not appear.

Source

(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 6(d), formerly § 6(c), as added Pub. L. 90–258, § 17,Feb. 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 31; amended Pub. L. 93–463, title I, § 103(a), (b), title II, § 212(c),Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1392, 1404; renumbered § 6(d) and amended Pub. L. 102–546, title II, §§ 209(a)(1), (4), 212 (b),Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3606, 3609; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 123(a)(12)(D)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–409; Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §§ 741(b)(4), 753 (b),July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1731, 1753.)

Amendment of Section

Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 753(b), (d),July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1750, 1754, provided that, effective on the date on which the final rule promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission pursuant to Pub. L. 111–203takes effect, this section is amended to read as follows:

If any person (other than a registered entity), is violating or has violated section 9 of this title or any other provisions of this chapter or of the rules, regulations, or orders of the Commission thereunder, the Commission may, upon notice and hearing, and subject to appeal as in other cases provided for in section 9 of this title, make and enter an order directing that such person shall cease and desist therefrom and, if such person thereafter and after the lapse of the period allowed for appeal of such order or after the affirmance of such order, shall knowingly fail or refuse to obey or comply with such order, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than the higher of $140,000 or triple the monetary gain to such person, or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, except that if such knowing failure or refusal to obey or comply with such order involves any offense within subsection (a) or (b) ofsection 13 of this title, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalties of said subsection (a) or (b): Provided, That any such cease and desist order under this section against any respondent in any case of manipulation shall be issued only in conjunction with an order issued against such respondent under section 9 of this title.

Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §§ 741(b)(4), 754,July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1731, 1754, provided that, effective on the later of 360 days after July 21, 2010, or, to the extent a provision of subtitle A (§§ 711–754) of title VII of Pub. L. 111–203requires a rulemaking, not less than 60 days after publication of the final rule or regulation implementing such provision of subtitle A, the first sentence of this section, in the matter preceding the proviso, is amended by inserting “or of any swap,” before “or otherwise is violating”.

Codification

Section is comprised of subsec. (d) ofsection 6 of act Sept. 21, 1922. Subsecs. (a) and (b) ofsection 6 are classified to section 8 of this title. Subsec. (c) ofsection 6 is classified to sections 9 and 15 of this title. Subsecs. (e), (f), and (g) ofsection 6 are classified to sections 9a, 9b, and 9c of this title, respectively.

Amendments

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

1992—Pub. L. 102–546made technical amendment to references to sections 9 and 15 of this title to reflect change in reference to corresponding section of original act and substituted “the higher of $100,000 or triple the monetary gain to such person” for “$100,000”.

1974—Pub. L. 93–463, §§ 103(a), 212 (c), substituted “Commission” for “Secretary” before “may” and substituted “not more than $100,000” for “not less than $500 nor more than $10,000”.

Pub. L. 93–463, § 103(a), provided for substitution of “Commission” for “Secretary of Agriculture” except where such words would be stricken by section 103(b), which directed striking the words “the Secretary of Agriculture or” where they appeared in the phrase “the Secretary of Agriculture or the Commission”. Because the word “commission” was not capitalized in the text of this section, section 103(b) did not apply to this section and therefore section 103(a) was executed, resulting in the substitution of “the Commission or the commission” for “the Secretary of Agriculture or the commission”.

Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by section 741(b)(4) ofPub. L. 111–203effective on the later of 360 days after July 21, 2010, or, to the extent a provision of subtitle A (§§ 711–754) of title VII of Pub. L. 111–203requires a rulemaking, not less than 60 days after publication of the final rule or regulation implementing such provision of subtitle A, see section 754 ofPub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 1a of this title.

Amendment by section 753(b) ofPub. L. 111–203effective on the date on which the final rule promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission pursuant to Pub. L. 111–203takes effect, see section 753(d) ofPub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 9 of this title.

Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 93–463, see section 418 ofPub. 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 ofPub. L. 90–258, set out as an Effective Date of 1968 Amendment note under section 2 of this title.

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