Offences
- Misleading or deceptive conduct
- False or misleading representations
- False or misleading representations in relation to financial products that involve interests in land
- Cash price to be stated in certain circumstances
- Offering rebates, gifts, prizes etc
- Certain misleading conduct in relation to financial services
- Bait advertising
- Referral selling
- Accepting payment without intending or being able to supply as ordered
- Pyramid selling of financial products
- Unsolicited credit cards and debit cards
- Assertion of right to payment for unsolicited financial services etc.
- Assertion of right to payment for unauthorised advertisements
- Power of Court to prohibit payment or transfer of money or other property
- Examination to take place in private
- Examinee’s lawyer may attend
- Record of examination
- Giving to other persons copies of record
- Copies given subject to conditions
- ASIC may inspect books without charge
- Notice to produce books about affairs of body corporate or registered scheme
- Notice to auditors concerning information and books
- Notice to registered liquidators concerning information and books
- Notice to produce books about financial products
- Notice to produce books about financial services
- Notice to produce documents in person’s possession
- ASIC may authorise persons to require production of books, giving of information etc.
- Powers where books produced or seized
- Powers where books not produced
- Power to require person to identify property of body corporate
- ASIC may give copy of book relating to registered scheme to another person
- ASIC may give information and books in relation to Chapter 5 bodies corporate
- Acquisitions and disposals of financial products
- Acquisitions and disposals of trust property by trustee companies
- Exercise of certain powers of ASIC in relation to financial products
- Exercise of certain powers of ASIC in relation to trust property acquired or disposed of by trustee company
- Disclosures to take place in private
- Lawyer of person making disclosure may attend
- ASIC may cause prosecution to be begun
- Who may be present when hearing takes place in private
- Power to summon witnesses and take evidence
- Contempt of ASIC
- Concealing books relevant to investigation
- Legal professional privilege
- Notification of interests to ASIC
- Confidentiality
- Power to summon witnesses and take evidence
- False evidence
- Contempt of Panel
- Hearings
- Hearings
- Contempt of Disciplinary Board
- Financial Reporting Council’s information gathering powers
- Offences committed partly in and partly out of the jurisdiction
- S.12GB Offences against Subdivision D (Unconscionable conduct and consumer protection in relation to financial services)
- S.12GBCG Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings
- S.12GC Enforcement and recovery of certain fines against Subdivision D (Unconscionable conduct and consumer protection in relation to financial services)
- S.12GI Defences (Unconscionable conduct and consumer protection in relation to financial services)
- 12GLB ASIC Act Punitive orders requiring adverse publicity (Unconscionable conduct and consumer protection in relation to financial services)
- Part 3B Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- ASIC 19 Notice requiring appearance for examination (and the procedure)
- s.68 Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- s.69 Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- s.91 Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- 223 Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- 258 Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASIC may give copy of book relating to registered scheme to another person
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Offence title: |
ASIC may give copy of book relating to registered scheme to another person |
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Act: |
39A Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act |
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Offence: |
(1) ASIC may, subject to such conditions (if any) as it imposes, give to a person a copy of any book in its possession that relates to a registered scheme.
(2) If a copy of a book is given to a person under subsection (1) subject to conditions, the person, and any other person who has possession, custody or control of the copy or a copy of it, must comply with the conditions. |
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Penalty: |
3 months imprisonment |
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Summary/Indictable/mixed: |
Mixed |
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Jurisdiction: |
Local, District or Supreme Court |
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How committed: |
If a book of a company is provided on condition of confidentiality and that condition is breached, an offence is committed. |