[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR12.19]

[Page 277]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 12_RULES RELATING TO REPARATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart A_General Information and Preliminary Consideration of Pleadings
 
Sec.  12.19  Counterclaim.

    A registrant may, at the time of filing an answer to a complaint, 
set forth as a counterclaim: (a) Facts alleging a violation and a 
request for a reparation award that would be a proper subject for a 
complaint under Sec.  12.13 of these rules; or
    (b) Any claim which at the time the complaint is served the 
registrant has against the complainant if it arises out of the 
transaction or occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences set 
forth in the complaint.