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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法提供。
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律师所承办刑事案件的主要知情人是在押的被告人或正在服刑的罪犯,其涉嫌案由或犯罪事实与律师承办的案件无利害关系的,律师可持本人的执业证书和律师事务所介绍信,由有关司法机关人员陪同,向其调查与律师所承办案件有关的情况和材料。
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法院不派员在场。
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第二十四条 二审刑事案件当事人委托律师辩护、代理的,人民法院应按规定及时告知律师阅卷,通知律师出庭;律师应及时阅卷、及时提交辩护词或代理词。
第二十五条 律师认为人民法院作出的已经发生法律效力的判决或裁定,在认定事实、适用法律上确有错误,经当事人委托可向原审或上一级人民法院提出书面申诉意见,原审或上一级人民法院应予答复。律师也可以书面建议人民检察院依法提出抗诉。
对有关刑事案件判决、裁定答复有异议,并有充分理由认为终审判决或裁定确系混淆罪与非罪、此罪与彼罪的,律师可经律师事务所同意,请求原审或上一级人民法院的同级人民代表大会常务委员会依法监督。
第二十六条 律师代理申诉,在人民法院立案后,持律师执业证书、律师事务所介绍信和当事人委托书,可以查阅原审案卷,同在押罪犯会见和通信。
第二十七条 律师承办刑事辩护案件,不得与犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的亲属或者其他人一起会见在押犯罪嫌疑人、被告人,或者借执业之便违反规定为犯罪嫌疑人、被告人传递信件、钱物或有碍司法机关办案的信息。
第二十八条 律师办理刑事辩护案件作无罪辩护的,应经所在律师事务所集体讨论。
第二十九条 未经登记、注册、公告,以律师事务所或者律师名义从事各种法律服务的,由所在地的县级以上司法行政部门责令改正,有违法所得的,没收违法所得;拒不改正的,对有关责任人员和单位可以并处违法所得1倍以上5倍以下罚款。
第三十条 律师有下列行为之一的,由省或设区的市司法行政部门给予警告;情节严重的,给予停止执业3个月以上1年以下的处罚;有违法所得的,没收违法所得:
(一)同时在两个以上律师事务所执业的;
(二)在同一案件中为双方当事人代理的;
(三)以诋毁其他律师或者支付介绍费等不正当手段争揽业务的;
(四)接受委托后,无正当理由,拒绝辩护或者代理的;
(五)无正当理由不出庭参加诉讼或者仲裁的;
(六)无正当理由拒不承办法律援助案件的;
(七)泄露当事人的商业秘密或者个人稳私的;
(八)私自接受委托,私自向委托人收取费用,收受委托人财物,利用执业的便利非法牟取当事人争议的权益,或者接受对方当事人财物的;
(九)违反规定会见警察、检察官、法官、仲裁员或者向警察、法官、检察官、仲裁员以及其他有关工作人员请客送礼的;
(十)妨碍对方当事人合法取得证据的;
(十一)扰乱法庭、仲裁庭秩序,干扰诉讼、仲裁活动的正常进行的;
(十二)有本规定第二十七条规定的行为的;
(十三)应当给予处罚的其他行为。
第三十一条 律师有下列行为之一的,由省司法行政部门吊销律师执业证书;构成犯罪的,依法追究刑事责任:
(一)泄露国家秘密的;
(二)向警察、检察官、法官、仲裁员以及其他有关工作人员行贿或者指使、诱导当事人行贿的;
(三)故意提供虚假证据,隐瞒重要事实或者威胁、以各种方式诱使他人提供虚假证据,隐瞒重要事实的。
律师因故意犯罪受刑事处罚的,应当吊销其律师执业证书。
第三十二条 律师违法执业或者因过错造成当事人损失的,由其所在的律师事务所承担赔偿责任。律师事务所赔偿后,可以向有故意或者重大过失行为的律师追偿。
第三十三条 律师在执业中,严格遵守职业道德和执业纪律,对维护社会主义法制有突出贡献或者成绩显著的,由司法行政部门予以表彰和奖励。
第三十四条 任何单位和公民都有权向律师事务所、律师协会或司法行政部门控告律师在执业中的违法违纪行为,受理控告的机关和组织应依法查处并作出书面答复。
律师在执业中因违法行为需要查处的,司法机关在采取强制措施后,应及时通报该律师所在律师事务所的主管司法行政部门。
律师在执业中被追究泄露国家秘密罪、行贿罪、介绍贿赂罪及毁灭证据、伪造证据、妨害作证罪的,有关司法机关应报同级人民代表大会常务委员会备案。
第三十五条 本规定自1999年5月1日起施行。
1999年3月26日