44-1651. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Bucket shop" means any place wherein dealing in futures is carried on as defined in this section. 2. " Futures, " " dealing in futures, " and " future contracts" mean: (a) A sale or purchase or contract to sell or offer to […]
44-1652. Operating bucket shop prohibited; classification A person who carries on or conducts a bucket shop is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
44-1653. Owner or manager of property permitting bucket shop; classification An owner or person managing or controlling property who knowingly rents or leases such property to be used as a bucket shop, or knowingly permits the property to be so used, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
44-1654. Telegraph or telephone company permitting use of instrument in bucket shop; classification A telegraph or telephone company or any agent thereof which knowingly permits a telegraph or telephone wire or instrument to remain in a bucket shop or knowingly permits the wires, instruments or equipment of the telegraph or telephone company to be used […]
44-1655. Making or offering to make future contract; classification; defense A. A person who makes or offers to make for himself a future contract is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. B. It may be shown in defense of a prosecution under this section that the transaction out of which the prosecution arose was a […]
44-1656. Acting or offering to act as agent or broker to make future contract; classification A person who acts or offers to act as the agent or broker of any person in making or offering to make a future contract is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
44-1657. Facts constituting prima facie proof of future contract If in a prosecution it is a material issue whether or not the rules, regulations, by-laws or customs of an exchange or board of trade on, by or through which a contract or offer for future delivery was made, permitted such contract or transaction to be […]
44-1658. Burden of proof in prosecution for making future contract In a prosecution under this article the burden shall be on the defendant to prove that the subject matter contracted for or offered to be contracted for was in fact delivered in accordance with the terms of the contract or that it was the bona […]
44-1659. Injunctive remedy against bucket shop The habitual, actual, threatened or contemplated use of any premises, place or building, telegraph or telephone wires or instruments in violation of the prohibitions imposed on bucket shops by this article may be enjoined by the state or any citizen thereof.
44-1660. Compulsory testimony regarding futures or bucket shops; prosecution of witness prohibited No person is exempt from testifying concerning any offense set forth or prohibited by this article on the ground that such testimony may incriminate him, but no prosecution may afterwards be had against him for any offense concerning which he testified.
