Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

15.   Fixing of trading and position limits

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    (1)   The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commission, make regulations prescribing limits on the amount of trading which may be done, or positions which may be held, by a member of a securities exchange.

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    (2)   Subsection (1) does not prohibit the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission from fixing different trading or position limits for different types of transactions, or from exempting specified transactions.

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    (3)   Without limiting the general effect of subsection (1), the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commission, make regulations to prohibit a person from—

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      (a)     directly or indirectly entering, during a prescribed period, into transactions of a specified class in excess of the prescribed amount; or

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      (b)     directly or indirectly holding or controlling positions of a specified class in excess of a prescribed position limit.