§ 6h. — False selfrepresentation as registered entity member prohibited.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6h]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 1--COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Sec. 6h. False self-representation as registered entity member
prohibited
It shall be unlawful for any person falsely to represent such person
to be a member of a registered entity or the representative or agent of
such member, or to be a registrant under this chapter or the
representative or agent of any registrant, in soliciting or handling any
order or contract for the purchase or sale of any commodity in
interstate commerce or for future delivery, or falsely to represent in
connection with the handling of any such order or contract that the same
is to be or has been executed on, or by or through a member of, any
registered entity.
(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, Sec. 4h, as added June 15, 1936, ch. 545,
Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 1496; amended Pub. L. 97-444, title II, Sec. 210, Jan.
11, 1983, 96 Stat. 2302; Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(5) [title I,
Sec. 123(a)(8)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-407.)
Amendments
2000--Pub. L. 106-554 substituted ``registered entity'' for
``contract market'' in two places.
1983--Pub. L. 97-444 struck out provisions formerly designated as
par. (1) relating to conduct of offices or places of business anywhere
in the United States or its territories that were used for dealing in
commodities for future delivery unless such dealings were executed or
consummated by or through a member of a contract market, which
provisions were transferred to section 6(a) of this title, and broadened
remaining provisions, formerly designated as par. (2), to prohibit false
representations that a person is registered with the Commission in any
capacity, and not only as a futures commission merchant, as previously
provided.
Effective Date of 1983 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-444 effective Jan. 11, 1983, see section 239
of Pub. L. 97-444, set out as a note under section 2 of this title.
Effective Date
For 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 6f, 6k, 13 of this title.
