Securities and Futures Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Supervision and Investigation
161. Giving copies of record to other persons
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The Authority may, subject to such conditions or restrictions as it may impose, give a copy of a written record of the examination, or such a copy together with a copy of any related book, to an advocate and solicitor acting on behalf of a person who is carrying on, or is contemplating in good faith, a legal proceeding in respect of a matter to which the examination relates.
If the Authority gives a copy of a written record or book to a person under subsection (1), the person, or any other person who has possession, custody or control of the copy or a further copy of the copy, must not, except in connection with preparing, beginning or carrying on, or in the course of, any legal proceeding —
record
“record” means information that is inscribed, stored or otherwise fixed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;
use the copy or a further copy of the copy; or
publish, or communicate to a person, the copy, a further copy of the copy, or any part of the contents of the copy.
The Authority may, subject to such conditions or restrictions as it may impose, give to a person other than a person mentioned in subsection (1), a copy of a written record of the examination, or the copy together with a copy of any related book.
book
“book” includes any record, register, document or other record of information, and any account or accounting record, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or in any other electronic form or otherwise;