A futures association must provide a fair and orderly procedure for processing membership applications and for affording any person to be denied membership an opportunity to submit evidence in response to the grounds for denial stated by the association. The procedures governing denials of membership in the association shall contain, at a minimum, the procedural safeguards contained in section 17(b)(9) of the Act.

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Terms Used In 17 CFR 170.7

  • 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.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 3038-0022) [44 FR 20651, Apr. 6, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 63036, Dec. 30, 1981]