Financial Dealers Licensing Act [CAP 70] and Amendments
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VFSC SUPERVISION
ADHERING TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES
The Supervision Department of the VFSC is responsible for Financial Dealers Licensing and supervision. For more information regarding financial dealers licensing please contact : Ms. Hanson Moli , Email: hmoli@vfsc.vu.
FDL Legislation
Copies of the original Financial Dealers Licensing Act can be found here:
Please note that it has been subsequently amended. Historical version of the Financial Dealers Licensing Act-previously known as “Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Acts” and the “Dealers in Securities (Licensing) Act”-can be found on PacLii Vanuatu legislation section http://www.paclii.org/countries/vu.html . Other amendments can be found in here:
- Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No.5 of 2024 (PDF)
- Loi No.5 de 2024 sur la Lutte Contre la Fraude à l’investissement (Modification) (PDF)
- Loi Modificative N°10 de 2023 (Dispositions diverses) (PDF)
- Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No.9 Of 2021 (PDF)
- Loi N°9 de 2021 sur l’Octroi de Licence aux Négociants en Finance (Modification) (PDF)
- Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 2018 (PDF)
- Loi N°31 de 2018 sur l’octroi de licence aux Négociants de titres (Modification) (PDF)
- Statute Law Act No.35 of 2017 (PDF)
- Loi modificative N°35 de 2017 (Dispositions diverses) (PDF)
- Dealers in Securities (Licensing) Amendment Act No 11 of 2017 (PDF)
- Loi No 11 de 2017 sur Les Courtiers en Valeurs Mobiliers (Delivrance de Patente) (Modification) (PDF)
- Prevention of Fraud (Amendment) Act NO. 39 of 2005 (PDF)
- Loi No. 39 de 2005 sur la Prevention of Fraud (modification) (PDF)
- Prevention of Fraud (Investments) (Am) Act No. 7 of 2012 (PDF)
- Loi No 7 de 2012 sur la Lutte contre la Fraude à l_Investissement (Modification) (PDF)
Financial Dealers Licensing Guidelines:
2023
2021
2017