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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 10 - COMMERCE AND TRADE

CHAPTER 5A - COMMODITIES AND COMMODITY CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS
ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 10-5A-3 - Exempt purchasers and sellers

O.C.G.A. 10-5A-3 (2010)
10-5A-3. Exempt purchasers and sellers


The prohibitions in Code Section 10-5A-2 shall not apply to any transaction offered by and in which any of the following persons or any employee, officer, or director thereof acting solely in that capacity is the purchaser or seller:

(1) A person registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a futures commission merchant or as a leverage transaction merchant whose activities require such registration;

(2) A person registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer whose activities require such registration;

(3) A person affiliated with, and whose obligations and liabilities under the transaction are guaranteed by, a person referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Code section;

(4) A person who is a member of a contract market designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or any clearing-house thereof;

(5) A financial institution;

(6) A person registered under the laws of this state as a securities broker-dealer whose activities require such registration; or

(7) A person engaged in business as a bullion or precious metals dealer having and maintaining a net worth of at least $500,000.00, provided that such person has filed with the Commissioner a sworn statement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Commissioner, that such person meets the minimum net worth requirement and that such person will notify the Commissioner immediately in the event its net worth falls below $500,000.00.

The exemption provided by this Code section shall not apply to any transaction or activity which is prohibited by the Commodity Exchange Act or Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule.