North Dakota Code 51-23-06 – Unlawful commodity activities
1. No person may engage in a trade or business or otherwise act as a commodity merchant unless such person:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 51-23-06
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. Is registered or temporarily licensed with the commodity futures trading commission for each activity constituting such person as a commodity merchant and such registration or temporary license shall not have expired, nor been suspended nor revoked; or
b. Is exempt from such registration by virtue of the Commodity Exchange Act or of a CFTC rule.
2. No board of trade may trade, or provide a place for the trading of, any commodity contract or commodity option required to be traded on or subject to the rules of a contract market designated by the commodity futures trading commission unless such board of trade has been so designated for such commodity contract or commodity option and such designation has not been vacated, suspended, or revoked.