7 U.S.C. § 6i : US Code - Section 6I: Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions

Search 7 U.S.C. § 6i : US Code - Section 6I: Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions

It shall be unlawful for any person to make any contract for the
purchase or sale of any commodity for future delivery on or subject
to the rules of any contract market or derivatives transaction
execution facility - 
(1) if such person shall directly or indirectly make such
contracts with respect to any commodity or any future of such
commodity during any one day in an amount equal to or in excess
of such amount as shall be fixed from time to time by the
Commission, and
(2) if such person shall directly or indirectly have or obtain
a long or short position in any commodity or any future of such
commodity equal to or in excess of such amount as shall be fixed
from time to time by the Commission,
unless such person files or causes to be filed with the properly
designated officer of the Commission such reports regarding any
transactions or positions described in clauses (1) and (2) hereof
as the Commission may by rule or regulation require and unless, in
accordance with rules and regulations of the Commission, such
person shall keep books and records of all such transactions and
positions and transactions and positions in any such commodity
traded on or subject to the rules of any other board of trade, and
of cash or spot transactions in, and inventories and purchase and
sale commitments of such commodity. Such books and records shall
show complete details concerning all such transactions, positions,
inventories, and commitments, including the names and addresses of
all persons having any interest therein, and shall be open at all
times to inspection by any representative of the Commission or the
Department of Justice. For the purposes of this section, the
futures and cash or spot transactions and positions of any person
shall include such transactions and positions of any persons
directly or indirectly controlled by such person.
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