SECURITIES (INSIDER DEALING) ORDINANCE ——附加英文版
Hong Kong
SECURITIES (INSIDER DEALING) ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 395)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
ion
I PRELIMINARY
hort title
nterpretation
pplication
Connected with a corporation"
ossession of relevant information obtained in privileged
capacity
Dealing in securities"
Take-over offer"
Relevant information"
II INSIDER DEALING
hen insider dealing takes place
Certain persons not to be held insider dealers
Trustees and personal representatives
Exercise of right to subscribe for or acquire securities
Duty of officers of corporation
Insider dealing not void or voidable
III INSIDER DEALING TRIBUNAL
Constitution of Tribunal Inquiries by Tribunal
Inquiries into insider dealing
Powers of Tribunal
Further powers of Tribunal to obtain information
Incriminating answers
Offences
Privileged information Report and orders of Tribunal
Report of Tribunal following inquiry
Orders etc. of Tribunal
Order against officer of corporation
Limitation on aggregate amount of penalties
Witnesses' expenses
Expenses of investigation and inquiry
Form and proof of order of Tribunal
Order of Tribunal may be registered in Court
Offence
IV APPEALS
Appeal to Court of Appeal
Powers of the Court of Appeal on appeal
Stay of execution on appeal
V MISCELLANEOUS
Offences by corporation, etc.
Limitation on commencement of proceedings
Chief Justice may make rules
44. (Omitted)
Whole document:
dule.
rdinance to amend the law relating to insider dealing in
securities;
for connected purposes.
eptember 1991] L. N. 269 of 1991
PART I PRELIMINARY
hort title
Ordinance may be cited as the Securities (Insider Dealing)
Ordinance.
nterpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--
ociate", in relation to a person entitled to exercise or control
the
cise of voting power in relation to a corporation, means--
that person's spouse, reputed spouse, person co-habiting
with that
on as a spouse, that person's brother, sister, parent,
step-parent,
d (natural or adopted) or step-child;
any corporation of which that person is a director;
any person who is an employee or partner of that person;
if that person is a corporation--
any director of that corporation;
any related corporation of that corporation; and
) any director or employee of any such related corporation; and
if that person has with any other person an agreement or
arrangement
respect to the acquisition, holding or disposal of shares or
other
rests in that corporation or under which they undertake
to act
ther in exercising their voting power in relation to it, that
other
on;
k or other document" includes--
books of a banker;
cheques, orders for the payment of money, bills of
exchange, and
issory notes in the possession or under the control of a banker;
securities in the possession or under the control of a banker,
whether
ay of pledge or otherwise;
any document or record used in the ordinary course of business
of a
;
any record so used which is kept otherwise than in a legible form
and
apable of being reproduced in a legible form; and
any accounts or deeds;
mission" means the Securities and Futures Commission
established by
Securities and Futures Commission Ordinance (Cap. 24);
pany" means a company as defined in section 2 (1) of the
Companies
nance (Cap. 32);
troller", in relation to a corporation, means any person--
in accordance with whose directions or instructions the
directors of
corporation or of another corporation of which it is a subsidiary
are
stomed to act; or
who, either alone or with any associate, is entitled to exercise,
or
rol the exercise of, more than 33% of the voting power at
general
ings of the corporation or of another corporation of which it
is a
idiary, and references in this Ordinance to "control"
shall be
trued accordingly; "corporation" means any company or
other body
orate or an unincorporated body, incorporated or formed either
in Hong
or elsewhere;
ector" includes--
any person occupying the position of director, by
whatever name
ed; and
any person in accordance with whose directions or
instructions the
ctors of the corporation are accustomed to act;
ument" includes any register, book, record, tape recording, any
form
omputer input or output, and any other document or similar
material
ther produced mechanically, electrically, or manually, or by any
other
s whatsoever);
h Court" means the High Court of Justice;
ding company" means a corporation which is a holding company
within
meaning of section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32);
uiry" means an inquiry instituted under section 16;
ider dealer" means a person who perpetrates any act which
is an
der dealing within the meaning of section 9 and also means a
person
is to be regarded as an insider dealer under section 16 (6);
ider dealing" means an insider dealing within the meaning of
section
ted securities" means securities that are listed on the
Unified
ange at the time of any insider dealing in relation
to those
rities;
icer" in relation to a corporation includes a director,
manager or
etary, and in relation to an unincorporated body includes every
member
he governing body thereof; "related corporation", in relation
to a
oration, means--
any corporation that is that corporation's subsidiary or
holding
any or a subsidiary of that corporation's holding company;
any corporation a controller of which is also a controller of
that
oration; "relevant share capital" means a corporation's issued
share
tal of a class carrying rights to vote at general meetings
of the
oration;
urities" means any shares, stocks, debentures, loan stocks,
funds,
s, or notes of, or issued by, any body, whether
incorporated or
corporated, or of any government or local government authority,
and
udes--
rights, options, or interests (whether described as
units or
rwise) in or in respect of any of the foregoing;
certificates of interest or participation in, or temporary or
interim
ificates for, receipts for, or warrants to subscribe to or
purchase,
of the foregoing; or
any instruments commonly known as securities;
sidiary" means any corporation which is a subsidiary
within the
ing of section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32);
bunal" has the meaning given to it in section 15;
fied Exchange" means the stock market established under section
27 of
Stock Exchanges Unification Ordinance (Cap. 361).
For the purpose of the definition of "controller", where a
person is
tled to exercise or control the exercise of 33% or more of the
voting
r at general meetings of a corporation and that
corporation is
tled to exercise or control the exercise of any of the voting power
at
ral meetings of another corporation ("the effective voting
power")
the effective voting power at general meetings of
that other
oration is taken as exercisable by that person.
A person shall not be deemed to be a person in accordance with
whose
ctions or instructions the directors of a corporation are
accustomed
ct by reason only that the directors of the corporation act on
advice
n by him in a professional capacity.
In this Ordinance securities are deemed to be listed on the
Unified
ange notwithstanding that dealings in such securities
have been
ended.
In this Ordinance a reference to an interest in securities is
to be
as including an interest of any kind whatsoever in the
securities;
accordingly there are to be disregarded any restraints or
restrictions
hich the exercise of any right attached to the interest
may be
ect.
pplication
Ordinance shall not have effect with respect to an insider dealing
in
tion to the listed securities of a corporation which has taken
place
re the commencement of this Ordinance.
Connected with a corporation"
A person is connected with a corporation for the purposes of
section 9
being an individual--
he is a director or employee of that corporation or a
related
oration; or
he is a substantial shareholder in the corporation or a
related
oration; or
he occupies a position which may reasonably be expected to give
him
ss to relevant information concerning the corporation by virtue
of--
any professional or business relationship existing between
himself (or
employer or a corporation of which he is a director or a firm of
which
s a partner) and that corporation, a related corporation or an
officer
ubstantial shareholder in either of such corporations; or
his being a director, employee or partner of a
substantial
eholder in the corporation or a related corporation; or
he has access to relevant information in relation to the
corporation
irtue of his being connected (within the meaning of paragraph (a),
(b)
c)) with another corporation, being information which relates
to any
saction (actual or contemplated) involving both those
corporations or
lving one of them and the listed securities of the other or to
the
that such transaction is no longer contemplated; or
he was at any time within the 6 months preceding any
dealing in
tion to listed securities within the meaning of section 9 a
person
ected with the corporation within the meaning of paragraph (a),
(b),
or (d).
A corporation is a person connected with a corporation
for the
oses of section 9 so long as any of its directors or employees
is a
on connected with that other corporation within the
meaning of
ection (1).
In subsection (1), "substantial shareholder" in
relation to a
oration means a person who has an interest in the relevant
share
tal of that corporation which has a nominal value equal to or
more
10% of the nominal value of the relevant share capital of
that
oration.
ossession of relevant information obtained in privileged
capacity
A public officer or a member or employee (whether such
member or
oyee is temporary or permanent, paid or unpaid) of any body
referred
n subsection (2), who in his capacity as such receives
relevant
rmation concerning a corporation shall be deemed to be a
person
ected with that corporation for the purposes of section 9.
The bodies referred to in subsection (1) are--
the Executive Council;
the Legislative Council;
the Futures Exchange Company, Stock Exchange Company or any
clearing
e;
any board, commission, committee or other body appointed by
or on
lf of the Governor or the Governor in Council under any Ordinance;
any body corporate established or incorporated by Ordinance; and
any body corporate specified by the Financial Secretary by
notice
ished in the Gazette.
In this section--
aring house" means a clearing house within the meaning of section
2
of the Commodities Trading Ordinance (Cap. 250) or authorized
under
other Ordinance to carry on business as a clearing house in
respect of
rities;
ures Exchange Company" means the Exchange Company within the
meaning
ection 2 (1) of the Commodities Trading Ordinance (Cap. 250);
ck Exchange Company" means the Exchange Company within the
meaning of
ion 2 (1) of the Stock Exchanges Unification Ordinance (Cap. 361).
In the case of a body referred to in subsection (2) which
has no
ers the reference in subsection (1) to a member shall be construed
as
ference to a member of the governing body thereof.
Dealing in securities"
the purposes of this Ordinance, a person deals in securities if
ther as principal or agent) he buys, sells, exchanges or
subscribes
or agrees to buy, sell, exchange or subscribe for, any securities
or
ires or disposes of, or agrees to acquire or dispose of, the right
to
sell, exchange or subscribe for, any securities.
Take-over offer"
his Ordinance, "take-over offer for a corporation" means an offer
made
ll the holders (or all the holders other than the person making
the
r and his nominees) of the shares in the corporation to acquire
those
es or a specified proportion of them, or to all the holders (or
all
holders other than the person making the offer and his nominees)
of a
icular class of those shares to acquire the shares of that class
or a
ified proportion of them.
Relevant information"
his Ordinance "relevant information" in relation to a
corporation
s specific information about that corporation which is not
generally
n to those persons who are accustomed or would be likely to deal
in
listed securities of that corporation but which would if
it were
rally known to them be likely materially to affect the price of
those
rities.
PART II INSIDER DEALING
hen insider dealing takes place
Insider dealing in relation to the listed securities of a
corporation
s place--
when a person connected with a corporation who is in
possession of
rmation which he knows is relevant information in relation to
that
oration deals in any listed securities of that corporation (or
in the
ed securities of a related corporation) or counsels or
procures
her person to deal in such listed securities knowing or
having
onable cause to believe that such person would deal in them;
when a person who is contemplating or has contemplated making
(whether
or without another person) a take-over offer for a corporation
and
knows that the information that the offer is contemplated or
is no
er contemplated is relevant information in relation
to that
oration, deals in the listed securities of that corporation (or
in the
ed securities of a related corporation) or counsels or
procures
her person to deal in those listed securities, otherwise than for
the
ose of such take-over;
when relevant information in relation to a corporation is
disclosed
ctly or indirectly, by a person connected with that
corporation, to
her person and the first-mentioned person knows that the
information
elevant information in relation to the corporation and knows
or has
onable cause for believing that the other person will make use
of the
rmation for the purpose of dealing, or counselling or
procuring
her to deal, in the listed securities of that corporation (or in
the
ed securities of a related corporation);
when a person who is contemplating or has contemplated making
(whether
or without another person) a take-over offer for a corporation
and
knows that the information that the offer is contemplated or
is no
er contemplated is relevant information in relation
to that
oration, discloses that information, directly or
indirectly, to
her person and the first-mentioned person knows or has
reasonable
e for believing that the other person will make use of the
information
the purpose in dealing, or in counselling or procuring
another to
, in the listed securities of that corporation (or in the
listed
rities of a related corporation);
when a person who has information which he knows is
relevant
rmation in relation to a corporation which he received
(directly or
rectly) from a person--
whom he knows is connected with that corporation; and
whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe
held that
rmation by virtue of being so connected,
s in the listed securities of that corporation (or in the
listed
rities of a related corporation) or counsels or procures
another
on to deal in those listed securities;
when a person who has received (directly or indirectly) from a
person
he knows or has reasonable cause to believe is contemplating or
is no
er contemplating a take-over offer for a corporation,
information to
effect and knows that such information is relevant
information in
tion to that corporation, deals in the listed securities
of that
oration (or in the listed securities of a related
corporation) or
sels or procures another person to deal in those listed
securities.
An insider dealing in relation to the listed
securities of a
oration also takes place when a person who is knowingly in
possession
elevant information in relation to that corporation in any
of the
umstances described in subsection (1) --
counsels or procures any other person to deal in the listed
securities
hat corporation (or in the listed securities of a related
corporation)
he knowledge or with reasonable cause to believe that, that
person
d deal in those listed securities outside Hong Kong on any
stock
ange other than the Unified Exchange; or
discloses that relevant information to any other person
in the
ledge or with reasonable cause to believe that, that or some
other
on will make use of that information for the purpose of dealing,
or of
selling or procuring any other person to deal, in
the listed
rities of that corporation (or in the listed securities of a
related
oration) outside Hong Kong on any stock exchange other
than the
ied Exchange.
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深圳市人民代表大会常务委员会关于坚决查处“黄、赌、毒”违法行为的决定
广东省深圳市人大常委会
深圳市人民代表大会常务委员会关于坚决查处“黄、赌、毒”违法行为的决定
(1999年6月30日深圳市第二届人民代表大会常务委员会第三十三次会议通过
2002年8月23日深圳市第三届人民代表大会常务委员会第十七次会议修正)
为加强我市社会主义精神文明建设,坚决查处“黄、赌、毒”违法行为,维护社会治安和社会稳定,建设社会主义法治城市,根据有关法律、法规规定,结合深圳实际,制定本决定。
一、本决定所称的“黄”,主要是指以下行为:
(一)介绍、容留、引诱、强迫、组织他人卖淫的;
(二)从事卖淫、嫖娼以及在公共场所招嫖活动的;
(三)制作、复制、出版、印刷、走私、贩卖、传播淫秽和色情物品的;
(四)利用国际互联网络和电讯工具传播含有淫秽、色情内容的文字和图像的;
(五)利用娱乐、服务性场所从事淫秽活动的;
(六)法律、法规禁止的其它形式的淫秽活动。
本决定所称的“赌”,主要是指以下行为:
(一)从事赌博经营活动的;
(二)在公共场所设赌的;
(三)以营利为目的,为赌博提供场所、赌具和其他便利条件的;
(四)以营利为目的赌博且赌资数额较大的。
本决定所称的“毒”主要是指以下行为:
(一)走私、贩卖、运输、制造毒品的;
(二)包庇走私、贩卖、运输、制造毒品的;
(三)非法持有毒品的;
(四)非法吸食、注射毒品的。
二、各级人民政府(以下简称各级政府)及其有关部门、各级司法机关应当坚决贯彻执行《中华人民共和国刑法》、《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于严禁卖淫嫖娼的决定》、《全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于禁毒的决定》、《中华人民共和国治安管理处罚条例》等法律、法规,各司其职,相互配合,坚决依法查处“黄、赌、毒”违法行为。
三、公安机关应当在打击治安刑事犯罪的同时,加大对“黄、赌、毒”违法行为打击的力度,对违法行为人依法给予罚款、行政拘留等处罚;或者依法采取收容教育、报经市劳动教养委员会批准采取劳动教养等强制措施;对构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任。
四、工商行政管理部门应当加强对娱乐、服务性场所经营者的监督和管理。发现经营者从事“黄、赌、毒”违法经营活动的,应当依法采取行政强制措施,并给予行政处罚;情节严重的,应当依法暂扣或者吊销其营业执照。
五、文化行政管理部门应当加强对娱乐场所、文化市场的稽查、管理,发现“黄、赌、毒”违法行为并且属于自己管辖的,应当依法没收其有关经营物品及违法所得,并给予罚款;情节严重的,依法责令其停业整顿,或者吊销文化经营许可证;不属于自己管辖的,应当及时移交或者通知有管辖权的部门处理。
六、医药卫生行政管理部门应当加强对可以用于制造毒品的麻醉、精神等药品的管理。
七、其他相关行政管理部门,应当履行法定职责,积极配合对“黄、赌、毒”违法行为的查处工作。
八、各级政府有关部门要建立、建全行政执法责任制和执法过错追究制度,并定期将查处“黄、赌、毒”违法行为的情况向市政府和上级主管部门报告。
各级政府有关部门不认真履行法定职责,疏于管理,对“黄、赌、毒”违法行为查处不力,造成恶劣影响或者严重后果的,要对直接责任人员或者主管领导给予行政处分;因玩忽所职守构成犯罪的,由司法机关依法追究刑事责任。
九、执法人员或者其他政府机关工作人员徇私舞弊,执法犯法,掩护、包庇“黄、赌、毒”违法行为,为违法者提供便利条件或者开脱责任的,由有关部门给予撤职、开除公职的行政处分;情节严重或者事先通谋构成犯罪的,由司法机关依法追究刑事责任。
十、各级政府应当充分发挥基层组织的作用,引导、鼓励、支持居委会、村委会以及股份合作公司通过订立村规民约等方式,预防、抵制“黄、赌、毒”违法活动。对预防、抵制“黄、赌、毒”违法活动成绩突出的,要给予表彰和奖励;对预防和抵制不力造成“黄、赌、毒”违法现象较严重的,应当予以通报批评,并可追究主要领导人的责任。
各级政府和其层组织应当采取有效措施,加强对吸毒人员的监控和对已戒毒人员的跟踪教育,提高戒毒质量、降低复吸率,遏制吸毒蔓延。
十一、学校、监护人应当加强对未成年人的教育和保护,切实采取有效措施,防止未成年人接触、参与“黄、赌、毒”违法活动,受到“黄、赌、毒”侵害。
各级政府有关部门或者司法机关对引诱、教唆、利用、强迫未成年人从事“黄、赌、毒”违法活动的,应当依法从重处罚。
十二、娱乐、服务性场所的经营者在经营过程中,从事“黄、赌、毒”违法活动或者为从事“黄、赌、毒”违法活动提供便利条件,构成犯罪的,由司法机关依法追究刑事责任;不构成犯罪的,由有关部门依法对单位给予行政处罚,并对直接负责的主管人员和直接责任人员给予行政处罚或者行政处分。
经营者在经营过程中放任“黄、赌、毒”违法活动的,由有关部门依法对单位给予行政处罚,并对直接负责的主管人员和直接责任人员给予行政处罚或者行政处分。
经营者应当配合有关部门的执法活动,不得拒绝、阻碍执法人员依法执行公务。对拒绝、阻碍执法人员依法执行公务的,由有关部门依法给予行政处罚;以暴力、威胁方法阻碍执法人员依法执行公务构成犯罪的,由司法机关依法追究刑事责任。
十三、房屋出租人不得将房屋出租给他人从事“黄、赌、毒”违法活动。出租人发现利用出租屋进行“黄、赌、毒”违法活动的,应当予以制止或者及时向有关部门报告。
房屋出租人发现利用出租屋进行“黄、赌、毒”违法活动而不加制止或者不报告的,由公安机关依法给予行政处罚。
十四、国家工作人员参与“黄、赌、毒”违法活动的,除有关部门依法给予行政处罚外,所在单位应当依法给予行政处分;构成犯罪的,由司法机关依法追究刑事责任。
十五、各级政府及其部门和新闻舆论单位应当采取多种形式,加大有关法律、法规的宣传力度,使全体市民做到知法、懂法、守法,增强自觉抵制“黄、赌、毒”的能力。
十六、政府有关部门应当公布查处“黄、赌、毒”举报电话。任何单位和个人发现“黄、赌、毒”违法活动都有权向有关部门举报,接到举报的部门应当认真进行调查和处理;发现不属于自己管辖的,应当及时移交或者通知有管辖权的部门处理,并告知举报人。
有关部门应当严格为举报人保密,坚决打击任何对举报人进行报复的行为。
接到举报的部门对举报查证属实的,可以对举报人给予奖励,奖励标准为罚没金额的百分之五至百分之十,最高不超过三十万元。
十七、新闻单位应当加强对政府有关部门查处“黄、赌、毒”违法行为的舆论监督工作。
对有“黄、赌、毒”违法行为的经营者,情节恶劣,后果严重的,有关部门可以将查实后的情况在新闻媒体上予以公布。
十八、本决定自公布之日起生效,《深圳市人民代表大会常务委员会关于我市深入开展禁毒斗争的决议》同时废止。