This legislation has been repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART I -- Preliminary 1. Short title 3. Repeal 4. Interpretation 5. Interests in securities 6. Associated persons PART II -- Administration Division 1 -- General 7. Performance of Commissioner’s functions, etc., by authorized person 8. Inspections of books, etc. of licences and others 9. Disclosure to Commissioner 10. Production and inspection of books where offence suspected 11. Investigation of certain matters 12. Power of Court to make certain orders 13. Secrecy 14. Restriction on dealings by officers 15. Employees, etc., to report certain facts to Commissioner Division 2 -- Investigations 16. Interpretation 17. Appointment of inspectors 18. Powers of inspectors 19. Notes of examination 20. Delegation of powers, etc., by inspector 21. Report of inspector 22. Minister’s powers in respect of books 23. Privileged communications 24. Expenses of investigation 25. Concealing, etc., of books relating to securities 26. Power of Minister to make certain orders PART III -- Stock exchanges 27. Establishment, etc., of stock markets 28. Power of Minister to approve stock exchange 29. Minister to be notified of amendments to rules 30. Stock exchanges to provide assistance to Commissioner 31. Court may order observance or enforcement of business rules or listing rules of stock exchange PART IV -- Licences 32. Dealers licence 33. Dealer’s representatives 34. Investment advisers 35. Investment representatives 36. Application for grant of licence 37. Grant of dealers licence or investment advisers licence 38. Grant of representatives licence 39. Change of principals of representative 40. Conditions to which licence is subject 41. Register of Licence Holders 42. Notification of change in particulars 43. Annual fee 44. Annual statement to be lodged with Commissioner 45. Commissioner may extend time for paying fee or lodging statement 46. Revocation and suspension of licences 47. Revocation and suspension of licences 48. Holder of licence to be deemed not to be holder while licence suspended 49. Opportunity for hearing PART V -- Conduct of securities business 50. Certain representations prohibited 51. Issue of contract notes 52. Certain persons to disclose certain interests in securities 53. Dealing as principal 54. Short selling PART VI -- Accounts and audit 55. Interpretation 56. Application of Part 57. Accounts to be kept by dealers 58. Security documents in custody of dealer 59. Dealers’ trust accounts 60. Purposes for which money may be withdrawn from a trust account 61. Appointment of auditor by dealer 62. Removal and resignation of auditors 63. Fees and expenses of auditors 64. Dealers’ accounts 65. Auditor to report to Commissioner in certain cases 66. Certain matters to be reported to the Commissioner 67. Defamation 68. Right of stock exchange to impose obligations, etc., on members not affected by this Part 69. Power of Court to restrain dealings with dealer’s bank accounts 70. Duty of bank manager to make full disclosure 71. Power of Court to make further orders and give directions 72. Power of Court to make order relating to payment of moneys PART VII -- Registers of interests in securities 73. Interpretation 74. Application of Part 75. Register to be maintained 76. Place where Register kept 77. Defences 78. Power of Commissioner to require production of Register 79. Power of Commissioner to require certain information to be supplied to him 80. Power of Commissioner to supply copy of Register PART VIII -- Deposits with stock exchanges 81. Deposits to be lodged by sole traders and member firms 82. Deposits to be proportion of certain balances 83. Deposits to be invested by stock exchange 84. Accounts of deposits 85. Claims, etc., not affected by this Part PART IX -- Fidelity funds 86. Establishment of fidelity funds 87. Moneys constituting fidelity fund 88. Fund to be kept in separate bank account 89. Payments out of fund 90. Accounts of fund 91. Management sub-committee 92. Contributions to fund 93. Provisions where fund exceeds 94. Levy in addition to annual contribution 95. Power of stock exchange to make advances to fund 96. Investment of fund 97. Application of fund 98. Claims against the fund 99. Rights of innocent partner in relation to fund 100. Notice calling for claims against fund 101. Power of committee to settle claims 102. Form of order of Court establishment claim 103. Power of committee to require production of securities, etc. 104. Subrogation of stock exchange to rights, etc., of claimant on payment from fund 105. Payment of claims only from fund 106. Provision where fund insufficient to meet claims or where claims exceed total amount payable 107. Power of stock exchange to enter into contracts of insurance or indemnity 108. Application of insurance moneys PART X -- Trading in securities 109. False trading and markets and market rigging transactions 110. False or misleading statements, etc. 111. Fraudulently inducing person to deal in securities 112. Prohibition of dealings in securities by insiders 113. Penalties 114. Compensation for loss, etc. 115. Dealer to give priority to clients’ orders 116. Dealings by employees of holders of licences PART XI -- Miscellaneous 117. Restrictions on use of titles “stock-broker” and “share-broker” 118. Appeal 119. False or misleading statements 120. Preservation and disposal of records, etc. 121. Concealing, etc., of books relating to securities 122. Falsification of records 123. Obligation to guard against falsification of records 124. Miscellaneous offences 125. General penalty 126. Offences by bodies corporate 127. Proceedings by whom and when to be taken 128. Summary offences and indictable offences 129. Certain persons to assist in prosecutions 130. Reciprocity in relation to offences 131. Default penalty 132. Regulations PART XII -- Transitional provisions 133. Transitional provision. Stock brokers 134. Transitional provision. Licences under the Securities Industry Act 1970 135. Transitional provision Compilation table