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Investigations; idisclosure. 42 Stat. 1003.
Registration refusal. 49 Stat. 1500.
PUBLIC LAW 90-258-FEB. 19, 1968
[82 STAT.
regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Agriculture or the commission thereunder, the commission may, upon notice and hearing and subject to appeal as in other cases provided for in paragraph (a) of section 6 of this Act, make and enter an order directing that such contract market, director, officer, agent, or employee shall cease and desist from such violation, and if such contract market, director, officer, agent, or employee 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 contract market, director, officer, a^ent, or employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than one year, or both. Each day during which such failure or refusal to obey such order continues shall be deemed a separate offense." SEC. 19. Section 8 of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 12), is amended as follows: (a) By adding, in the first sentence, after the phrase "make such investigations as he may deem necessary to ascertain the facts regarding the operations of boards of trade", the following phrase: "and other persons subject to any of the provisions of this Act"; and (b) By changing the period at the end of the last paragraph of the section to a semicolon and adding at the end of said paragraph the following phrase: "and when requested by any department or agency of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, acting within the scope of its jurisdiction, may, in his discretion, furnish to such department or agency any information in the possession of the Department of Agriculture obtained in connection with the administration of this Act: Provided, however, That information so furnished to any such department or agency shall not be disclosed by such department or agency except in any action or proceeding under the laws of the United States to which it, or the Secretary of Agriculture, or the United States is a party." SEC. 20. Section 8a (2) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 12a(2)), is amended to read as follows: " (2) to refuse to register any person— " (A) if the prior registration of such person has been suspended (and the period of such suspension shall not have expired) or has been revoked; " (B) if it is found, after opportunity for hearing, that the applicant is unfit to engage in the business for which the application for registration is made, (i) because such applicant, or, if the applicant is a partnership, any general partner, or, if the applicant is a corporation, any officer or holder of more than 10 per centum of the stock, at any time engaged in any practice of the character prohibited by this Act or was convicted of a felony in any State or Federal court, or was debarred by any agency of the United States from contracting with the United States, or the applicant willfully made any material false or misleading statement in his application or willfully omitted to state any material fact in connection with the application, or (ii) for other good cause shown; or " (C) in the case of an applicant for registration as futures commission merchantj if it is found after opportunity for hearing that the applicant has not established that he meets the minimum financial requirements under section 4f of this Act: Provided, That pending final determination under clause (B) or (C), registration shall not be granted: And provided further, That the applicant may appeal from a refusal of registration under clause (B) or (C) m the manner provided in paragraph (b) of section 6 of this Act; and".
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