Singapore legislation
Section 23
Section 23
Business rules and listing rules of approved exchanges
(1)
Without limiting sections 15 and 44 —
the Authority may by regulations made under section 44 prescribe the matters that an approved exchange must provide for in the business rules or listing rules of the approved exchange; and
the approved exchange must provide for those matters in its business rules or listing rules, as the case may be.
(2)
An approved exchange must not make any amendment to its business rules or listing rules unless it complies with such requirements as the Authority may prescribe by regulations made under section 44.
(3)
In this Subdivision, any reference to an amendment to a business rule or listing rule is to be construed as a reference to a change to the scope of, or to any requirement, obligation or restriction under, the business rule or listing rule (as the case may be), whether the change is made by an alteration to the text of the rule or by any other notice issued by or on behalf of the approved exchange.
(4)
Any approved exchange which contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $15,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.