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SECURITIES INDUSTRY ACT 1980 No. 66, 1980 - SECT 12

Disclosure to Commission
12. (1) The Commission may require a dealer to disclose to the Commission, in
relation to any acquisition or disposal of securities, the name of the person
from or through whom or on whose behalf the securities were acquired or to or
through whom or on whose behalf the securities were disposed of and the nature
of the instructions given to the dealer in respect of the acquisition or
disposal.

(2) The Commission may require a person who has acquired or disposed of
securities to disclose to the Commission whether he acquired or disposed of
those securities, as the case may be, as trustee for, or for or on behalf of,
another person and, if he acquired or disposed of those securities as trustee
for, or for or on behalf of, another person, to disclose the name of that
other person and the nature of any instructions given to the first-mentioned
person in respect of the acquisition or disposal.

(3) The Commission may require a stock exchange to disclose to the Commission,
in relation to an acquisition or disposal of securities on the stock market of
that stock exchange, the names of the members of that stock exchange who acted
in the acquisition or disposal.

(4) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a
requirement of the Commission under sub-section (1), (2) or (3). Penalty:
$5,000 or imprisonment for 1 year, or both. 


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