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Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Structure: 1,463 provisions
Citation: Act 9 of 2017
Dates: updated 22 Aug 2017

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Dates: updated 22 Aug 2017

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“This provision text only shows headings and the table of contents for section 4 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017.”

This provision text only shows headings and the table of contents for section 4 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017. This section is titled “Application of other legislation” and introduces the Reserve Bank’s responsibility for financial stability. Heading for section 12 on monitoring of risks by the Reserve Bank. Section 14 is titled “Determination of systemic events.” This section heading refers to directives to financial sector regulators.

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