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SECURITIES INDUSTRY ACT 1975


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
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