No person shall, directly or indirectly:
A. cheat or defraud, or attempt to cheat or defraud, any other person or employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud any other person;
B. make any false report, enter any false record or make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
C. engage in any transaction, act, practice or course of business, including, without limitation, any form of advertising or solicitation which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person; or
D. misappropriate or convert the funds, security or property of any other person, in or in connection with the purchase or sale of, the offer to sell, the offer to enter into or the entry into of, any commodity contract or commodity option subject to the provisions of Section 3 [58-13A-3 NMSA 1978] and Paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of Subsection A of Section 5 [58-13A-5 NMSA 1978] of the Model State Commodity Code, except that the provisions of Subsection B of this section shall not apply to a commodity contract covered by Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 5 of the Model State Commodity Code.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 163, ยง 7.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 58 - Financial Institutions and Regulations
Article 13A - Model State Commodity Code
Section 58-13A-1 - Short title.
Section 58-13A-2 - Definitions.
Section 58-13A-3 - Unlawful commodity transactions.
Section 58-13A-4 - Exempt persons.
Section 58-13A-5 - Exempt transactions.
Section 58-13A-6 - Unlawful commodity activities.
Section 58-13A-7 - Fraudulent conduct.
Section 58-13A-8 - Liability of principals, controlling persons and others.
Section 58-13A-9 - Securities laws unaffected.
Section 58-13A-11 - Investigations.
Section 58-13A-12 - Enforcement.
Section 58-13A-13 - Power of court to grant relief.
Section 58-13A-14 - Criminal penalties.
Section 58-13A-15 - Administration.
Section 58-13A-16 - Cooperation with other agencies.
Section 58-13A-17 - General authority to adopt rules, forms and orders.
Section 58-13A-18 - Consent to service of process.
Section 58-13A-19 - Scope of the code.
Section 58-13A-20 - Procedure for entry of an order.