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    <CFRTITLE>17</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Commodity and Securities Exchanges</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2000-04-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2000-04-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Contract market program for enforcement.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>1.51</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 1.51</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 17" SEQ="3">Commodity and Securities Exchanges</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="2">COMMODITY FUTURESTRADING COMMISSION</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 1" SEQ="1">GENERAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="0">Miscellaneous</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 1.51</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Contract market program for enforcement.</SUBJECT>
    <P>(a) Each contract market shall use due diligence in maintaining a continuing affirmative action program to secure compliance with the provisions of sections 5, 5a(a), 5b, 6(b), 6b, 8a(7), 8a(9) and 8c of the Act, with the regulations implementing section 4c(c) of the Act, and with all of the contract market's bylaws, rules, regulations and resolutions which such contract market is required by the Act or these regulations to enforce. Such program shall include:</P>
    <P>(1) Surveillance of market activity for indications of possible congestion or other market situations conducive to possible price distortion;</P>
    <P>(2) Surveillance of trading practices on the floor of such contract market;</P>
    <P>(3) Examination of the books and -records kept by contract market members relating to their business of dealing in commodity futures, commodity options, and cash commodities, insofar as such business relates to their dealing on such contract market;</P>
    <P>(4) Investigation of complaints received from customers or option customers concerning the handling of their accounts or orders;</P>
    <P>(5) Investigation of all other alleged or apparent violation of such bylaws, rules, regulations and resolutions;</P>
    <P>(6) Such other surveillance, record examination and investigation as is necessary to enforce such bylaws, rules, regulations and resolutions; and</P>
    <P>(7) A procedure which results in the taking of prompt, effective disciplinary action for any violation which is found to have been committed.</P>
    <P>(b) Each contract market shall keep full, complete, and systematic records which will clearly set forth all action taken as a part of, and as a result of, its program required under paragraph (a) of this section.</P>
    <APPRO>(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 3038-0007 and 3038-0022)</APPRO>
    <SECAUTH>(Sec. 5a, 49 Stat. 1497; 7 U.S.C. 7a) </SECAUTH>
    <CITA>[41 FR 3194, Jan. 21, 1976, as amended at 46 FR 54525, Nov. 3, 1981; 46 FR 63035, Dec. 30, 1981; 59 FR 5526, Feb. 7, 1994]</CITA>
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