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Part X · Intervention Powers of Authority

251. Claiming falsely to be licensed and misleading statements

( 1)

A person is guilty of an offence if

(a}

for the purposes of or in connection with any application under this

Order; or

(b}

in purported compliance with any requirement imposed on him by or under this Order, he furnishes information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular.

(2)

A person is guilty of an offence i( not being a regulated person, he -

(a} describes himself as such; or

(b}

so holds himself out as to indicate or be reasonably understood to indicate that he is such.

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{3}

A person guilty of an offence under subsection {1} or {2} is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or both.

(4}

In proceedings brought against any person for an offence under subsection (1) or (2), it shall be a defence for him to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.

Report

Part XI

Complaints Committee and Investor Compensation Scheme

Part XII

Financial Markets Services Panel

Part XIII

General