Acts Online
GT Shield

Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017)

Schedules

Schedule 4 : Amendments and repeals

Insolvency Act, 1936

 

SCHEDULE 4

 

AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

(Section 290)

 

Act No. and year

Short Title

Extent of repeal or amendment

Act No. 24 of 1936

Insolvency Act, 1936

1. The addition in section 35A(1) in the definition of "market infrastructure" of the following paragraphs:
"(d) a central counterparty as defined in section 1 of that Act and licensed under section 49 of that Act; or
(e) a licensed external central counterparty as defined in section 1 of that Act;".

 

 

2. The amendment of section 83—
(a) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
"(2) If such property consists of [a marketable security] securities as defined in section 1(1) of the Financial Markets Act, 2012 (Act No. 19 of 2012), [or] a bill of exchange or a financial instrument or a foreign financial instrument as defined in section [1 of the Financial Markets Control Act, 1989 (Act No. 55 of 1989)] 1(1) of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017, the creditor may, after giving the notice mentioned in subsection (1) and before the second meeting of creditors, realise the property in the manner and on the conditions mentioned in subsection (8).";
(b) by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
"(3) If such property does not consist of [a marketable security] securities or a bill of exchange, the trustee may, within seven days as from the receipt of the notice mentioned in subsection (1) or within seven days as from the date which the certificate of appointment issued by the Master in terms of subsection (1) of section eighteen or subsection (2) of section fifty six reached him, whichever be the later, take over the property from the creditor at a value agreed upon between the trustee and the creditor or at the full amount of the creditor’s claim, and if the trustee does not so take over the property the creditor may, after the expiration of the said period but before the said meeting, realise the property in the manner and on the conditions mentioned in subsection (8)."; and
(c) by the substitution in subsection (8) for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph:
"(a) if it is [—
(i)] any property of a class ordinarily sold through [a stockbroker as defined in section 1 of the Stock Exchanges Control Act, 1985 (Act No. 1 of 1985)] an authorised user or an external authorised user, on an exchange or an external exchange, each defined in section 1(1) of the Financial Markets Act, 2012 (Act No. 19 of 2012) or, where applicable, a person prescribed by the Minister of Finance as a regulated person in terms of section 5 of that Act, the creditor may, subject to the provisions of [the said] that Act and [(where] applicable[) the] standards and rules [referred to in section 12 thereof, forthwith] in terms of that Act, immediately sell it through [a  stockbroker] an authorised user, external authorised user or such regulated person, or if the creditor is [a stockbroker] an authorised user, external authorised user or regulated person, also to another [stockbroker] authorised user, external authorised user or regulated person;  [or
(ii) a financial instrument referred to in subsection (2) the creditor may, subject to the provisions of the Financial Markets Control Act, 1989, and rules referred to in sections 17 thereof, forthwith sell it through a financial instrument trader as defined in section 1 of the said Act, or, if the creditor is a financial instrument trader or financial instrument principal as defined in section 1 of the said Act, also to another financial instrument trader or financial instrument principal; and]".