Commodity Futures Bill
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Application
Part II COMMODITY FUTURES EXCHANGE AND CLEARING HOUSE
4 Establishment of commodities futures markets
5 Power of Board to approve a Commodity Futures Exchange
6 Business rules
7 Revocation of approval
8 Establishment of clearing house
9 Power of Board to approve clearing house
10 Appeal to Minister
11 Liabilities of Commodity Futures Exchange and clearing house
Part III LICENCES
12 Commodity Futures broker’s licence
13 Other licences
14 Power of Board to grant licences and impose conditions or restrictions
15 Grounds for refusal to grant or renew licences
16 Regulations relating to licences
17 False statements
18 Revocation of licence
19 Powers of Board in cases of misconduct, etc.
20 Effect of revocation or suspension of licence
21 Appeal against refusal to license, etc.
Part IV ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
22 Accounts to be kept by commodity futures brokers
23 Power of Board to appoint auditor
24 Power of auditors appointed by Board
25 Offence to destroy, alter, etc., records
26 Restriction on auditor’s and employee’s right to communicate certain matters
27 Maintenance of books and records and furnishing accounts, etc., by futures trading adviser and futures pool operator
28 Additional powers of Board in respect of auditors
29 Defamation
Part V CONDUCT OF COMMODITY FUTURES BUSINESS
30 Segregation of customer’s funds by futures broker
31 Nature of a pool and segregation of funds by a futures pool operator, etc.
32 Risk disclosure by futures broker, futures pool operator and futures trading adviser
33 Offences
Part VI POWERS OF BOARD
34 Emergency powers
35 Fixing of position and trading limits in futures contracts
36 Production of records, etc., by Exchange, clearing house, futures broker, etc.
37 Records of transactions on Exchange or clearing house
38 Information to be provided by market participants
39 Review of Exchanges’ disciplinary action
40 Investigations by Board
41 Inspections by Board
42 Power to issue directions
Part VII OFFENCES
43 False trading
44 Bucketing
45 Dissemination of information about false trading
46 Manipulation of price of a futures contract and cornering
47 Employment of fraudulent or deceptive devices, etc.
48 Fraudulently inducing trading in futures contracts
49 Penalties
50 Convicted persons liable to pay compensation
Part VIII MISCELLANEOUS
51 Secrecy
52 Offences by directors or managers
53 Falsification of records by directors, employees and agents
54 False reports to Board or Exchange
55 Immunity of Board and its employees, etc.
56 Offences by corporations
57 Prohibition of use of certain titles
58 Proceedings by whom and when to be taken and power to compound offences
59 Jurisdiction of District Court
60 General penalty
61 Exemption
62 Commodity futures contracts not gaming or wagering contracts
63 Regulations
64 Directions by Minister
65 Validation of acts done in anticipation of this Act and grace period for licensing
Explanatory Statement
Expenditure of Public Money