Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 7 : Section 24


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/03/05
Section 24. Regulations respecting commodity broker debtors; definitions

      (a) Notwithstanding title 11, the Commission may provide, with
    respect to a commodity broker that is a debtor under chapter 7 of
    title 11, by rule or regulation - 
        (1) that certain cash, securities, other property, or commodity
      contracts are to be included in or excluded from customer
      property or member property;
        (2) that certain cash, securities, other property, or commodity
      contracts are to be specifically identifiable to a particular
      customer in a specific capacity;
        (3) the method by which the business of such commodity broker
      is to be conducted or liquidated after the date of the filing of
      the petition under such chapter, including the payment and
      allocation of margin with respect to commodity contracts not
      specifically identifiable to a particular customer pending their
      orderly liquidation;
        (4) any persons to which customer property and commodity
      contracts may be transferred under section 766 of title 11; and
        (5) how the net equity of a customer is to be determined.

      (b) As used in this section, the terms "commodity broker",
    "commodity contract", "customer", "customer property", "member
    property", "net equity", and "security" have the meanings assigned
    such terms for the purposes of subchapter IV of chapter 7 of title
    11.



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