0
7 U.S.C. § 1 — Short title
submitted 104 years ago by ch. 369 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 10 words · no verdicts yet
in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice
This section gives the official name for this chapter of law. From now on, this chapter can be called the "Commodity Exchange Act." That is its short title, used to refer to it in other laws and documents.
This is a naming rule. It does not regulate anyone's conduct.
The section says that this chapter of the United States Code may be cited as the "Commodity Exchange Act." That short title refers to the whole chapter that follows this section, not just to this one sentence.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
This chapter may be cited as the “Commodity* Exchange Act.”
Source credit: (Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 1, 42 Stat. 998; June 15, 1936, ch. 545, § 1, 49 Stat. 1491.)
history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
- 1922Enacted · Act of Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369 · 42 Stat. 998
- 1936Amended · Act of June 15, 1936, ch. 545 · 49 Stat. 1491
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 369 on 1922-09-21.
all 0 arguments · sorted by: best
no arguments yet — make the first case