Sec. 1. The Board is hereby authorized to impose appropriate sanctions applicable to members, including censure, fine, suspension, or expulsion from membership, suspension or bar from being associated with all members, limitation of activities, functions, and operations of a member, or any other fitting sanction, and to impose appropriate sanctions applicable to persons associated with members, including censure, fine, suspension or barring a person associated with a member from being associated with all members, limitation of activities, functions, and operations of a person associated with a member, or any other fitting sanction, for:
(a) breach by a member or a person associated with a member of any covenant with the Corporation or its members;
(b) violation by a member or a person associated with a member of any of the terms, conditions, covenants, and provisions of the By-Laws of the Corporation, NASD Regulation, or NASD Dispute Resolution, the Rules of the Corporation, or the federal securities laws, including the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and the rules of the Treasury Department;
(c) failure by a member or person associated with a member to: (i) submit a dispute for arbitration as required by the Rules of the Corporation; (ii) appear or produce any document in the member's or person's possession or control as directed pursuant to the Rules of the Corporation; (iii) comply with an award of arbitrators properly rendered pursuant to the Rules of the Corporation, where a timely motion to vacate or modify such award has not been made pursuant to applicable law or where such a motion has been denied; or (iv) comply with a written and executed settlement agreement obtained in connection with an arbitration or mediation submitted for disposition pursuant to the Rules of the Corporation;
(d) refusal by a member or person associated with a member to abide by an official ruling of the Board or any committee exercising powers assigned by the Board with respect to any transaction which is subject to the Uniform Practice Code; or
(e) failure by a member or person associated with a member to adhere to any ruling, order, direction, or decision of or to pay any sanction, fine, or costs imposed by the Board or any entity to which the Board has delegated its powers in accordance with the Delegation Plan.
Sec. 2. The Board may delegate its authority under this Article in accordance with the Delegation Plan.
