Commodity Trading Act 1992 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Commodity Market and Clearing House
4. Establishment of commodities markets
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No person may establish or maintain, assist in establishing or maintaining or hold the person out as providing or maintaining any commodity market unless the commodity market has been approved by the Board under section 5(2).
commodity market
“commodity market” means —(a)a market, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, at which commodity contracts are regularly made; or(b)an electronic system, whether operating in Singapore or elsewhere, through which trading in commodity contracts is carried out, but excludes an electronic facility which merely provides price or other information relating to commodity contracts (whether that facility is part of or carried on in conjunction with the provision of any other information not related to commodity contracts) and which does not permit users of the facility to channel orders for, execute transactions in, or make markets in, commodity contracts;
As from 8 October 2018, subsection (1) ceases to apply in relation to any commodity market —
that is established on or after that date; or
that was approved under subsection (1) before that date, to the extent that it relates to commodity forward contracts.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.