Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Futures Trading (Amendment) Bill

Clause 17

Amendment of section 27

Section 27 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “by 3 months” in the fifth line of subsection (2) and substituting the words “by not more than 3 months”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act [Cap. 50] or the Companies Act, the Authority may at any time remove an auditor appointed by a futures broker if the Authority is not satisfied with the performance of his duties as an auditor of the futures broker and require the futures broker, as soon as practicable thereafter, to appoint another auditor to replace him.”.