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1989 Ed.]

Securities

70.

Power of Commission to require certain information to be supplied to him

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The Commission may require a person to whom this Part applies to produce for inspection the register required to be kept pursuant to section 67, and the Commission may make copies of or take extracts from the register.

(Amended 10 of 1989 s. 65 )

71. Power of Commission to supply copy of register

The Commission may supply a copy of any such register, or a copy of an extract from it, to the Attorney General, who may, if he has reason to believe that an offence under this Ordinance may have been committed, deliver the copy to any person whom he thinks fit for the purposes of an investigation or a prosecution of the offence.

PART VIII

TRADING IN SECURITIES

(Amended 10 of 1989 s. 65)

72. Offers by dealers

(1) A dealer shall not in Hong Kong communicate an offer to acquire or dispose of securities of a corporation unless-

(a) the offer

(i) is written in the English or Chinese language; or

(ii) if communicated verbally, is reduced to writing in the English or Chinese language and delivered to the person or persons to whom it was made not later than 24 hours after the verbal communication; and

(b) the offer-

(i) specifies the name and address of the offeror and, if any person is making the offer on behalf of the offeror, the name and address of that person;

(ii) contains a description of securities sufficient to identify

them:

(iii) specifies the terms of the offer (including where appropriate the amount of consideration proposed to be paid for securities acquired pursuant to the offer);

(iv) where a dividend has been declared or recommended in respect of the securities, or it is anticipated that a dividend will be so declared or recommended before the transfer of the securities, states whether the securities are to be transferred with or without that dividend;

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