Singapore legislation

Clause 20

of Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill

Clause 20

Amendment of section 50

Section 50 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (7) and substituting the following subsection:“(7) The Authority may revoke an exemption granted to a person under subsection (3) on any ground referred to in subsection (4) on the basis of any of the following circumstances without giving the person an opportunity to be heard:

(a)

the person is in the course of being wound up or otherwise dissolved, whether in Singapore or elsewhere;

(b)

a receiver, a receiver and manager or an equivalent person has been appointed, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, in relation to or in respect of any property of the person;

(c)

the person has been convicted, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty or the conviction for which involved a finding that it had acted fraudulently or dishonestly.”.

Clause 20 — Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill