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Securities Industry Act 1980
133Restrictions on use of titles stockbroker, sharebroker and stock exchange
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##### 133 Restrictions on use of titles stockbroker, sharebroker and stock exchange
(1) A person who is not:
(a) a member of a stock exchange; or
(b) a person who is a member of, or is a partner in a partnership that is recognized as a member firm by, a stock exchange within the meaning of the corresponding law of a participating State or of a participating Territory;
shall not take or use, or by inference adopt, the name or title of stockbroker or sharebroker or take or use or have attached to or exhibited at any place a name, title or description implying or tending to create the belief that he is a stockbroker or a sharebroker.
(2) A body corporate that is not:
(a) a stock exchange; or
(b) a stock exchange within the meaning of the corresponding law of a participating State or of a participating Territory;
shall not take or use, or by inference adopt, the name or title of stock exchange or take or use or have attached to or exhibited at any place a name, title or description implying or tending to create the belief that the body corporate is:
(c) a stock exchange; or
(d) a stock exchange within the meaning of the corresponding law of a participating State or of a participating Territory.
Penalty: $2,500 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.