[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: 17CFR170.2]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 170_REGISTERED FUTURES ASSOCIATIONS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A_Standards Governing Commission Review of Applications for 
    Registration as a Futures Association Under Section 17 of the Act
 
Sec.  170.2  Membership restrictions (section 17(b)(2) of the Act).

    If it appears to the Commission to be necessary or appropriate in 
the public interest and to carry out the purposes of section 17 of the 
Act, a futures association may restrict its membership to individuals 
registered by the Commission in a particular capacity or to individuals 
doing business in a particular geographical region or to firms having a 
particular level of capital assets or which engage in a specified amount 
of business per year.

[48 FR 35305, Aug, 3, 1983]