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This legislation has been repealed.

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 $2 000  
   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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