Commodity Trading Act 1992 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Offences
46. Manipulation of price and cornering
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manipulate, or attempt to manipulate, the price of a commodity contract that may be dealt in on a commodity market; or
commodity contract
“commodity contract” means —(a)a commodity forward contract;(b)any contract made pursuant to trading in differences with respect to a commodity, not being a commodity futures contract; or(c)any contract made pursuant to a transaction in leveraged commodity trading;
corner, or attempt to corner, any commodity which is the subject of any commodity contract.
commodity
“commodity” means any produce, item, goods or article that is the subject of any —(a)commodity forward contract;(b)leveraged commodity trading;(c)contract made pursuant to trading in differences; or(d)spot commodity trading,and includes an index, a right or an interest in such commodity, and such other index, right or interest of any nature as the Board may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe to be a commodity; but does not include any produce, item, goods or article that is the subject of a commodity futures contract and any index, right or interest in such produce, item, goods or article;