the criteria for authorisation or recognition of collective investment schemes and the constitution, operation, management and offer of such schemes including but not limited to the powers and duties of the managers, trustees or representatives and the rights and obligations of the participants of the schemes;

the financial requirements and other criteria that a public company must fulfill for it to be considered for approval as a trustee;

applications for capital markets services licences to carry on business in any regulated activity or renewal of licences by persons holding a capital markets services licence to carry on business in any regulated activity and their representativesand matters incidental thereto;

the activities of, and standards to be maintained by persons holding a capital markets services licence to carry on business in any regulated activity and their representatives, including the manner, method and place of soliciting business by the holder of the licence and their representatives and the conduct of such solicitation;

[Deleted by Act 16/2003]

the conditions for the conduct of business on a securities exchange, futures exchange, recognised market operator, or clearing facility;

the form, content distribution and publication of written, printed or visual material and advertisements that may be distributed or used by a person in respect of any regulated activity, including advertisements offering the services of persons holding a capital markets services licence or offering capital markets products for sale;

the particulars to be recorded in the profit and loss accounts and balance-sheets and the information to be contained in auditor’s reports required to be lodged under this Act on the annual accounts of persons holding a capital markets services licence to carry on business in any regulated activity;

the remuneration of an auditor appointed under this Act and for the costs of an audit carried out under this Act;

the manner in which persons holding a capital markets services licence to carry on a business in any regulated activity conduct their dealings with their customers, conflicts of interest involving the holder of the licence and its customers, and the duties of the holder of a licence to its customers when making recommendations in respect of capital markets products;

the purchase or sale of capital markets products for their own accounts, directly or indirectly by holders of capital markets services licences to carry on business in any regulated activity and their representatives;

the disclosure by a holder of a capital markets services licence of any material interest that such person might have in a proposed transaction relating to trading in capital markets products;

the specification of manipulative and deceptive devices and contrivances in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, futures contracts or leveraged foreign exchange trading;

the regulation or prohibition of trading on the floor of a securities exchange, futures exchange or recognised market operator by members of a securities exchange, futures exchange or recognised market operator, as the case may be, or their representatives directly or indirectly for their own accounts and the prevention of such excessive trading on a securities exchange, futures exchange or recognised market operator but off the floor of a securities exchange, futures exchange or recognised market operator by members of a securities exchange, futures exchange or recognised market operator, as the case may be, or their representatives directly or indirectly for their own accounts as the Authority may consider is detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market; and the exemption of such transactions as the Authority may decide to be necessary in the interest of the public, or a section of the public or for the protection of investors;

the borrowing in the ordinary course of business by persons holding a capital markets services licence as the Authority may consider necessary or appropriate in the interest of the public, or a section of the public or for the protection of investors;

the prohibition or regulation of dealing in securities in circumstances where the person who deals in the securities does not hold or have an interest in the securities which are being or are proposed to be dealt with;

the prohibition or restriction of forward contracts in securities of corporations that are admitted to the official list of a securities exchange;

the forms for the purposes of this Act;

the fees to be paid in respect of any matter or thing required for the purposes of this Act, including licences required under this Act and the refund and remission, whether in whole or in part, of such fees;

the collection by or on behalf of the Authority, at such intervals or on such occasions as may be prescribed, of statistical information as to such matters relevant to capital markets products as may be prescribed and for the collection and use of such information for any purpose, whether or not connected with the prescribed capital markets products; and

all matters and things which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or expedient to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

may be of general or specific application;

may provide that a contravention of any specified provision thereof shall be an offence; and

may provide for penalties not exceeding a fine of $50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both for each offence and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding a fine of 10% of the maximum fine prescribed for that offence for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.