{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-38.703","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR 38.703","heading":"Notice of charges.","body":"If compliance staff authorized by a designated contract market or a designated contract market disciplinary panel determines that a reasonable basis exists for finding a violation and that adjudication is warranted, it must direct that the person or entity alleged to have committed the violation be served with a notice of charges and must proceed in accordance with the rules of this section. A notice of charges must adequately state the acts, conduct, or practices in which the respondent is alleged to have engaged; state the rule, or rules, alleged to have been violated (or about to be violated); and prescribe the period within which a hearing on the charges may be requested. The notice must also advise that the charged respondent is entitled, upon request, to a hearing on the charges.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER I—COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","PART 38—DESIGNATED CONTRACT MARKETS","Subpart N—Disciplinary Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"3012b26a0aa391789e84044c4db23a60927b3426dcfd2fbde9cae556569442aa","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-38.702","next":"us/17-cfr-38.704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}