Clause 95

prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act;

prescribing fees to be paid in respect of any matter or thing required for the purposes of this Act;

the issue of and contents of contract notes;

the preparation by dealers of balance-sheets and profit and loss accounts and the form and contents thereof;

the specification of manipulative and deceptive devices and contrivances in connection with the purchase or sale of securities that are prohibited;

the regulation or prohibition of the sale of securities by a person who is not and is not entitled to become the holder of those securities;

the regulation or prohibition of trading on the floor of a stock exchange by stockbrokers or their representatives directly or indirectly for their own accounts or for discretionary accounts and the prevention of such excessive trading on a stock exchange but off the floor of a stock exchange by stockbrokers or their representatives directly or indirectly for their own accounts as the Minister may consider is detrimental to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market. Regulations under this paragraph may provide for the exemption of such transactions as the Minister may decide to be necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors;

the regulation of borrowing in the ordinary course of business by dealers and stockbrokers as the Minister may consider necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors;

regulating the publication of advertisements offering the services of dealers or offering securities for purchase or sale and the form and content of such advertisements; and

all matters or things which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or expedient to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

may be of general or specifically limited application; and

may impose a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both such fine and imprisonment for any contravention thereof.