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35. This Division shall apply to licensees who provide any financial advisory service in respect of securities.
36.
—(1) Where a licensee sends a circular or other similar written communication in which he makes a recommendation, whether expressly or by implication, with respect to any securities, he shall include in the circular or other communication, in type not less legible than that used in the remainder of the circular or other communication, a concise statement of the nature of any interest in, or any interest in the acquisition or disposal of, the securities that he, or a person associated with or connected to him, has at the date on which the circular or other communication is sent.
(2) Where a licensee is charged with an offence in respect of a contravention of subsection (1), it shall be a defence for the licensee to prove that, at the time the circular or other communication was sent, he was not aware and could not reasonably be expected to have been aware —
(a)
that he had an interest in, or an interest in the acquisition or disposal of, the securities; or
(b)
that the person associated with or connected to him had an interest in, or an interest in the acquisition or disposal of, the securities,
as the case may be.
(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) —
(a)
an interest of a person in the disposal of any securities includes any financial benefit or advantage that will, or is likely to, accrue directly or indirectly to the person, upon or arising out of the disposal of the securities;
(b)
without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), a person who has entered into an underwriting agreement in respect of any securities shall be deemed to have an interest in the acquisition or disposal of the securities; and
(c)
notwithstanding section 2(1) or 3, a person is not connected to or associated with another person unless the person and the other person are acting jointly, or otherwise acting under or in accordance with an arrangement made between them, in relation to the sending of the circular or other communication.
(4) [Deleted by Act 15 of 2003]
(5) When a licensee sends to a person a circular or other communication to which subsection (1) applies, the licensee shall preserve a copy of the circular or other communication for 5 years.
[15/2003; 2/2007]
(6) For the purposes of this section, a circular or other communication sent to a person shall, if it is signed by an officer of a licensed financial adviser, be deemed to have been sent by the financial adviser.
(7) The Authority may, by regulations, exempt any person or class of persons, or any securities or class of securities, from the application of this section, subject to such terms or conditions as the Authority considers appropriate.
(8) Any licensee who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
[SF Bill, Clause 120]