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 30 Enforcement of orders.

Contract market designation. Hearing and right of appeal. 42 Stat. 1001; 72 Stat. 944.

Suspension conditions.

Filing of petition.

72 Stat. 941.

Trading privil e g e s, denial. 49 Stat. 1498.

PUBLIC LAW 90-258-FEB. 19, 1968

[82 STAT,

SEC. 13. Section 5b of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 7b), is amended as follows: (a) By deleting the phrase "rules and regulations" and substituting the phrase "rules, regulations, or orders"; and (b) By adding immediately after the phrase "Secretary of Agriculture" the phrase "or the commission". SEC. 14. Section 6 of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 8, 9), is amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph thereof (7 U.S.C. 8) the following sentence: "In the event of a refusal to designate as a 'contract market' any board of trade that has made application therefor, such board of trade shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the commission, with the right to appeal an adverse decision after such hearing to the court of appeals as provided for in other cases in paragraph (a) of this section." SEC. 15. Section 6(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 8), is amended to read as follows: " (a) The commission is authorized to suspend for a period not to exceed six months or to revoke the designation of any board of trade as a 'contract market' upon a showing that such board of trade is not enforcing or has not enforced its rules of government made a condition of its designation as set forth in section 5 of this Act or that such board of trade, or any director, officer, agent, or employee thereof, otherwise is violating or has violated any of the provisions of this Act or any of the rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Agriculture or the commission thereunder. Such suspension or revocation shall only be after a notice to the officers of the board of trade affected and upon a hearing: Provided, That such suspension or revocation shall be final and conclusive, unless within fifteen days after such suspension or revocation by the commission such board of trade appeals to the court of appeals for the circuit in which it has its principal place of business, by filing with the clerk of such court a written petition praying that the order of the commission be set aside or modified in the manner stated in the petition, together with a bond in such sum as the court may determine, conditioned that such board of trade will pay the costs of the proceedings if the court so directs. The clerk of the court in which such a petition is filed shall immediately cause a copy thereof to be delivered to the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall thereupon notify the other members of the commission and file in the court the record in such proceedings, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. The testimony and evidence taken or submitted before the commission, duly filed as aforesaid as a part of the record, shall be considered by the court of appeals as the evidence in the case. The proceedings in such cases in the court of appeals shall be made a preferred cause and shall be expedited in every way. Such a court may affirm or set aside the order of the commission or may direct it to modify its order. No such order of the commission shall be modified or set aside by the court of appeals unless it is shown by the board of trade that the order is unsupported by the weight of the evidence or was issued without due notice and a reasonable opportunity having been afforded to such board of trade for a hearing, or infringes the Constitution of the United States, or is beyond the jurisdiction of the commission." SEC. 16. Section 6(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 9,15), is amended by changing the first and fourth sentiences thereof to read, respectively: "If the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that any person (other than a contract market) is manipulating or attempting to manipulate or has manipulated or attempted to manipulate the market price of any commodity, in inter-

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