Singapore legislation

Clause 76

of Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill

Clause 76

Amendment of section 142

Section 142 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “deal in securities or trade in futures contracts” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “deal in capital markets products”;

(b)

by deleting the words “any of those activities” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “such activity”;

(c)

by deleting the words “securities or futures contracts” wherever they appear in subsection (1) and substituting in each case the words “capital markets products”;

(d)

by deleting the words “securities or futures contracts to disclose to the Authority whether he acquired, held or disposed of those securities or futures contracts, as the case may be,” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “capital markets products to disclose to the Authority whether he acquired, held or disposed of those capital markets products, as the case may be,”;

(e)

by deleting subsections (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(3) The Authority may require an approved exchange to disclose to the Authority, in relation to an acquisition or disposal of capital markets products on the organised market of that approved exchange, the names of the members of that approved exchange who acted in the acquisition or disposal.(4) The Authority may require an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house for an organised market to disclose to the Authority, in relation to any dealing in capital markets products on that organised market, the names of the members of the approved clearing house or recognised clearing house who were concerned in any act or omission in relation to the dealing.”; and

(f)

by deleting the words “securities or futures contracts, etc.” in the section heading and substituting the words “capital markets products”.