Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-5. Disclosure of terms and parties to transactions – Failure to disclose as evidence
Every person shall furnish, upon demand, to any customer or principal for whom the person has executed any order for the actual purchase or sale of any securities or commodities, either for immediate or future delivery, a written statement containing the names of the persons from whom the property was bought, or to whom it has been sold, as the fact may be, the time when, place where, and the price at which the property was either bought or sold. If the person shall refuse or neglect to furnish the statement within twenty-four (24) hours after the demand, the refusal or neglect shall be evidence that the purchase or sale was bucketing or bucket shopping within the terms of this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1908, ch. 1565, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 353, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 406, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 614, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 6-17-5.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-5
- bucket shopping: means :
(i) The making of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities, in which both parties to the contract intend, or the keeper intends, that the contract shall be, or may be, terminated, closed, or settled according to or upon the basis of the public market quotations of prices made on any board of trade or exchange upon which the securities or commodities are dealt in, and without a bona fide purchase or sale of the securities or commodities;
(ii) The making of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities in which both parties intend, or the keeper intends, that the contract shall be or may be deemed terminated, closed, or settled when the public market quotations of prices for the securities or commodities named in the contract shall reach a certain figure without a bona fide purchase or sale of the securities or commodities; or
(iii) The making of or offering to make any contract respecting the purchase or sale, either upon credit or upon margin, of any securities or commodities in which both parties do not intend, or the keeper does not intend, the actual or bona fide receipt or delivery of the securities or commodities, but do intend, or the keeper does intend, a settlement of the contract based upon the differences in the public market quotations of prices at which the securities or commodities are, or are asserted to be, bought and sold. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-1
- Customer: means the person, business, or other entity that places an order for merchant products through the marketplace. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-58-1
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, whether acting in his, her, or their own right or as the officer, agent, servant, correspondent, or representative of another. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-1