61. Falsification of records by directors, employees and agents

Any director, manager, trustee, auditor, employee or agent of a Futures Exchange, a clearing house, a futures broker, a futures trading adviser or a futures pool operator, who —

(a)

wilfully makes, or causes to be made, a false entry in any book of record or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions, assets or accounts of the Exchange, clearing house, futures broker, futures trading adviser or futures pool operator;

(b)

wilfully omits to make an entry in any book of record or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions, assets or accounts of the Exchange, clearing house, futures broker, futures trading adviser or futures pool operator, or wilfully causes any such entry to be omitted; or

(c)

wilfully alters, abstracts, conceals or destroys an entry in any book of record or in any report, slip, document or statement of the business, affairs, transactions, conditions, assets or accounts of the Exchange, clearing house, futures broker, futures trading adviser or futures pool operator, or wilfully causes any such entry to be altered, abstracted, concealed or destroyed,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

Terms defined in s 2

auditor
Defined · s 2
“auditor” means an approved company auditor as defined in section 4 of the Companies Act;
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clearing house
Defined · s 2
“clearing house”, in relation to a futures market, means a body corporate, or an association or organisation forming part of a Futures Exchange, that —(a)clears and settles futures contracts; and(b)makes adjustments to the contractual obligations arising out of those futures contracts;
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director
Defined · s 2
“director” has the same meaning as in the Companies Act;
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Exchange
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“Exchange” or “Futures Exchange” means —(a)the Singapore International Monetary Exchange Ltd.; or(b)a body corporate —(i)that provides or proposes to provide the physical facilities necessary for trading in futures contracts; and(ii)that maintains or proposes to maintain a futures market that is approved by the Authority under section 4;
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futures broker
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“futures broker” means any person, whether as principal or agent, who —(a)carries on the business of soliciting or accepting orders, for the purchase or sale of any commodity under a futures contract on any Futures Exchange or futures market whether or not that person accepts any money, securities or property (or extends credit in lieu thereof) to margin, guarantee or secure any contract or transaction that may result therefrom; or(b)carries on the business of leveraged foreign exchange trading,whether the business is part of, or is carried on in conjunction with, any other business;
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Futures Exchange
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“Exchange” or “Futures Exchange” means —(a)the Singapore International Monetary Exchange Ltd.; or(b)a body corporate —(i)that provides or proposes to provide the physical facilities necessary for trading in futures contracts; and(ii)that maintains or proposes to maintain a futures market that is approved by the Authority under section 4;
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futures pool operator
Defined · s 2
“futures pool operator” means any person who carries on a business, in the nature of a unit trust or other interest to which Division 6 of Part IV of the Companies Act applies, and who in connection therewith accepts or receives from other persons funds, security or property, either directly or through capital contributions, the sale of shares or other forms of security or otherwise for the purpose of trading in futures contracts, foreign exchange trading or leveraged foreign exchange trading but does not include such persons as the Authority may by regulations prescribe;
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futures trading adviser
Defined · s 2
“futures trading adviser” means any person who —(a)carries on the business of advising other persons (directly or indirectly, through any publication or writing, or by whatever means or media) concerning futures contracts, foreign exchange trading or leveraged foreign exchange trading, including advice on whether to engage in trading in futures contracts, foreign exchange trading or leveraged foreign exchange trading;(b)as part of a regular business, issues or promulgates any analysis or report concerning futures markets or foreign exchange markets; or(c)pursuant to a contract or an arrangement with a client, undertakes on behalf of the client (whether on a discretionary authority granted by the client or otherwise) trading in futures contracts, foreign exchange trading or leveraged foreign exchange trading for the purposes of managing the client’s funds,but does not include —(i)a bank that is licensed under the Banking Act or a merchant bank approved under the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act;(ii)an accountant or advocate and solicitor in practice whose carrying on of that business is solely incidental to the practice of his profession;(iii)a futures broker or futures pool operator (referred to in this sub-paragraph as the licensee) so long as any activity referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) carried out by the licensee is wholly incidental to the carrying on of the business for which he is so licensed;(iv)a person who carries on the business of printing or publishing a newspaper and is the holder of a permit therefor issued under the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (referred to in this definition as the proprietor) and the author of any advice, analysis or report published in that newspaper (referred to in this definition as the author) where —(A)insofar as the newspaper is distributed generally to the public, it is distributed only to subscribers to, and purchasers of, the newspaper for value;(B)the advice is given or the analysis or report is issued or promulgated only through that newspaper;(C)the proprietor receives no commission or other consideration for giving the advice or for issuing or promulgating the analysis or report other than the consideration received from the sale of the newspaper and advertisements placed in the newspaper;(D)the author of the advice, analysis or report receives no commission or other consideration in respect of the advice, analysis or report other than the consideration received from the proprietor of the newspaper; and(E)the proprietor and the author of the advice, analysis or report has no interest, directly or indirectly, in any futures contract referred to in the advice, analysis or report; and(v)such other person carrying on such business as the Authority may by regulations prescribe, so long as any activity referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) carried out by that person is wholly incidental to the carrying on of such prescribed business;
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Report

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