# 7 U.S.C. § 6b: Contracts designed to defraud or mislead

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s6b

## Section

- **Citation:** 7 U.S.C. § 6b
- **Heading:** Contracts designed to defraud or mislead
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 7—AGRICULTURE > CHAPTER 1—COMMODITY EXCHANGES

## Text

for any person, in or in connection with any order to make, or the making of, any contract of sale of any commodity in interstate commerce or for future delivery that is made, or to be made, on or subject to the rules of a designated contract market, for or on behalf of any other person; or

( Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 4b , as added June 15, 1936, ch. 545, § 5 , 49 Stat. 1493 ; amended Pub. L. 90–258, § 5 , Feb. 19, 1968 , 82 Stat. 27 ; Pub. L. 93–463, title IV, § 405 , Oct. 23, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1413 ; Pub. L. 99–641, title I, § 101 , Nov. 10, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3557 ; Pub. L. 102–546, title IV, § 402(3) , Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 3624 ; Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 123(a)(5)] , Dec. 21, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2763 , 2763A–407; Pub. L. 110–234, title XIII, § 13102 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1432 ; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title XIII, § 13102, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2194; Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 741(b)(1) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1730 .)

## Nearby sections

- [7 U.S.C. § 1 Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s1.md)
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- [7 U.S.C. § 2a to 4a Transferred](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s2a...4a.md)
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- [7 U.S.C. § 6a Excessive speculation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/usc_t7_s6a.md)
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