41Securities exchanges to provide assistance to Commission

##### 41 Securities exchanges to provide assistance to Commission (1) A securities exchange shall provide such assistance to the Commission, or to a person acting on behalf of, or with the authority of, the Commission, as the Commission reasonably requires for the performance of its functions and duties. (2) Where a securities exchange reprimands, fines, suspends, expels or otherwise takes disciplinary action against a member of the securities exchange, it shall forthwith give to the Commission in writing particulars of the name of the member, the reason for and nature of the action taken, the amount of the fine (if any) and the period of the suspension (if any). (3) A person authorized by the Commission is entitled at all reasonable times to full and free access for any of the purposes of this Act to the trading floor or trading floors of a securities exchange. (4) A person who refuses or fails, without lawful excuse, to allow a person authorized by the Commission access in accordance with subsection (3) to a trading floor of a securities exchange is guilty of an offence. Penalty: $2,500 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both. (5) In this section, trading floor, in relation to a securities exchange, means a place or facility maintained or provided by the securities exchange for: (a) the making or acceptance, by members of the securities exchange, or by such members and other persons, of offers to sell, purchase or exchange securities; (b) the making, by members of the securities exchange, or by such members and other persons, of offers or invitations that are intended, or may reasonably be expected, to result, whether directly or indirectly, in the making or acceptance of offers to sell, purchase or exchange securities; or (c) the provision of information concerning the prices at which, or the consideration for which, particular persons, or particular classes of persons, propose, or may reasonably be expected, to sell, purchase or exchange securities.