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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29516
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29516
“Sale” or “sell” includes every sale, contract of sale, contract to sell, or disposition, for value.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29520
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29520
Except as otherwise provided in Section 29530, 29531, or 29532, no person shall sell or purchase or offer to sell or purchase any commodity under any commodity contract or under any commodity option, or offer to enter into, or enter into, as seller or purchaser any commodity cont
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29530
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29530
(a) The prohibitions in Section 29520 shall not apply to any transaction offered by and in which any of the following persons (or any employee, officer, or director thereof acting solely in that capacity) is the purchaser or seller: (1) A person registered with the Commodity Futu
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29531
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29531
The prohibitions in Section 29520 shall not apply to the following: (a) An account, agreement, or transaction within the exclusive regulatory jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as granted under Section 2 of Title 42 of the United States Code (Section 2(a)(1)
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29532
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29532
The commissioner may by rule or order prescribe the terms and conditions of all transactions and contracts covered by this law and exempt any person or transaction from this law conditionally or unconditionally.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29535
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29535
(a) No person shall engage in a trade or business or otherwise act as a commodity merchant unless the person (1) is registered or temporarily licensed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for each activity constituting that person as a commodity merchant and the registra
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29536
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29536
It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, in connection with the purchase or sale of, the offer to sell, the offer to purchase, the offer to enter into, or the entry into, a commodity, commodity contract, or commodity option to do any of the following: (a) To willful
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29537
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29537
(a) Sections 29520, 29535, and 29536 apply to persons who sell or offer to sell when either of the following occur: (1) An offer to sell is made in this state. (2) An offer to buy is made and accepted in this state. (b) Sections 29520, 29535, and 29536 apply to persons who buy or
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29538
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29538
(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly alter, destroy, mutilate, conceal, cover up, falsify, or make a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the administration or enforcement of this division. (b) It is u
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29540
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29540
(a) Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this law or any rule or order under this law, the commissioner may in his or her discretion bring an action in the n
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29541
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29541
(a) The commissioner in his or her discretion (1) may make public or private investigations within or outside of this state that the commissioner deems necessary to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate any provision of this law or any rule or order her
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29542
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29542
(a) If, in the opinion of the commissioner, any person is engaging or has engaged in any activity in violation of any provision of this law, or rule or order under this law, the commissioner may order the person to desist and refrain from the activity unless and until the activit
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29543
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29543
The commissioner may refer the evidence that is available concerning any violation of this law, or of any rule or order under this law, to the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, who may, with or without such a reference, insti
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29544
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29544
(a) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this law, or who willfully violates any rule or order under this law, shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civ
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29545
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29545
(a) The commissioner may take actions that are authorized by Section 13a-2 of Title 7 of the United States Code (Section 6d of the federal Commodity Exchange Act) as amended before or after the effective date of this section. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a li
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29546
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29546
The commissioner in his or her discretion may honor requests from interested parties for interpretive opinions.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29550
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29550
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who willfully violates any provision of this law, or who willfully violates any rule or order under this law, shall upon conviction be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or imprisoned pursuant to
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29551
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29551
Nothing in this law limits the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime under any other statute.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29552
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29552
Any person who materially assists in any violation of this law, or any rule or order of the commissioner under this law, is jointly and severally liable with any other person liable under this law for the violation.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29553
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29553
No action shall be maintained to enforce any liability under Section 29552 unless brought before the expiration of four years after the act or transaction constituting the violation or within one year after the discovery by the plaintiff of the facts constituting the violation, w
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29554
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29554
Every cause of action under this law survives the death of any person who might have been a plaintiff or defendant.
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29555
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29555
Except as explicitly provided in this law, no civil liability in favor of any private party shall arise against any person by implication from, or as a result of, the violation of any provision of this law or any rule or order under this law. Nothing in this law shall limit any l
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29560
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29560
No provision of this law imposing any liability applies to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, form, permit, order, or written interpretive opinion of the commissioner, or any written interpretive opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding tha
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29561
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29561
The commissioner may from time to time make, amend, and rescind the rules, forms, and orders that are necessary to carry out this law, and define any terms, whether or not used in this law, insofar as the definitions are not inconsistent with this law. For the purpose of rules, t
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Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29562
Corporations Code - CORP - CORP § 29562
In any proceeding under this law, the burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it.