Singapore legislation

Section 82

of Securities and Futures Act 2001

Section 82

Need for capital markets services licence

(1)

Subject to subsection (2) and section 99, no person may, whether as principal or agent, carry on business in any regulated activity or hold out that the person is carrying on such business unless the person is the holder of a capital markets services licence for that regulated activity.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to any person specified in the Third Schedule.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $15,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.