Singapore legislation

Section 169

of Securities and Futures Act 2001

Section 169

Interpretation of this Part

Amended by34/20124/2017

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“enforce” means enforce through criminal, civil or administrative proceedings;“enforcement” means the taking of any action to enforce a law or regulatory requirement against a specified person, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities and derivatives industry of, or financial benchmarks in, the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;“foreign country” means a country or territory other than Singapore;“investigation” means an investigation to determine if a specified person has contravened or is contravening a law or regulatory requirement, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities and derivatives industry of, or financial benchmarks in, the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;“material” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;“regulatory authority”, in relation to a foreign country, means an authority of the foreign country exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act;“supervision”, in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of —

(a)

a person operating an organised market, an intermediary or any other person regulated by the regulatory authority;

(b)

the issuance of or trading in capital markets products in the foreign country of the regulatory authority; or

(c)

a person administering a financial benchmark, or providing information in relation to a financial benchmark, in the foreign country of the regulatory authority.

Definition

“enforce” means enforce through criminal, civil or administrative proceedings;

Definition

“enforcement” means the taking of any action to enforce a law or regulatory requirement against a specified person, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities and derivatives industry of, or financial benchmarks in, the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;

Definition

“foreign country” means a country or territory other than Singapore;

Definition

“investigation” means an investigation to determine if a specified person has contravened or is contravening a law or regulatory requirement, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities and derivatives industry of, or financial benchmarks in, the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;

Definition

“material” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;

Definition

“regulatory authority”, in relation to a foreign country, means an authority of the foreign country exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act;

Definition

“supervision”, in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of —

(a)

a person operating an organised market, an intermediary or any other person regulated by the regulatory authority;

(b)

the issuance of or trading in capital markets products in the foreign country of the regulatory authority; or

(c)

a person administering a financial benchmark, or providing information in relation to a financial benchmark, in the foreign country of the regulatory authority.

Amended by34/20124/2017