[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: 17CFR14.8]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 14_RULES RELATING TO SUSPENSION OR DISBARMENT FROM APPEARANCE AND 
PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  14.8  Lack of requisite qualifications, character and integrity.

    In addition to those matters specifically referred to in Sec. Sec.  
14.4 through 14.7, the Commission may, after notice and opportunity for 
hearing in the matter, deny, temporarily or permanently, the privilege 
of appearing or practicing before it to any person who is found by the 
Commission by a preponderance of the evidence:
    (a) Not to possess the requisite qualifications to represent others; 
or
    (b) To be lacking in character or integrity; or
    (c) To have engaged in unethical or improper unprofessional conduct 
either in the course of an adjudicatory, investigative, rulemaking or 
other proceeding before the Commission or otherwise.