To Amend the Commodity Exchange Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 11788, April 4, 5, and 6, 1966United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - 195 pages |
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Page 4 - ... manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any commodity in interstate commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market, or to corner or attempt to corner any such commodity...
Page 7 - ... shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
Page 5 - The testimony and evidence taken or submitted before the said commission duly certified and filed as aforesaid as a part of the record, shall be considered by the court as the evidence in the case.
Page 2 - ... (A) directly or indirectly to buy or sell, or agree to buy or sell, under contracts of sale of such commodity for future delivery on or subject to the rules of...
Page 7 - Upon application of the Commission, the district courts of the United States and the United States courts of any territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall also have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus, or orders affording like relief, commanding any person to comply with the provisions of this Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commission thereunder...
Page 7 - ... for any person to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any commodity in interstate commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market, or...
Page 1 - floor broker" shall mean any person who, in or surrounding any "pit," "ring," "post," or other place provided by a contract market for the meeting of persons similarly engaged, shall...
Page 7 - ... for transmission through the mails or in interstate commerce by telegraph, telephone, wireless, or other means of communication false or misleading or knowingly inaccurate reports concerning crop or market information or conditions that affect or tend to affect the price of any commodity in interstate commerce...
Page 97 - Whenever it shall appear to the Commission that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision...
Page 7 - ... discretion bring an action, in the proper district court of the United States or the proper United States court of any territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States...