s 2C Regulations on procedure and manner of registration or Lodgement
Where any instrument or document is required to be registered by or lodged with the Commission under this Act, the Commission, with the approval of the Minister, may make such regulations as may be expedient or necessary relating to the procedure or manner of registration or lodgement of such instrument or document. Registers 2D . (1) The Commission may keep such registers as it considers necessary in such form as it deems fit. (2) Any person may, on payment of the prescribed fee— (a) inspect any prospectus or deed relating to a unit trust scheme or prescribed investment scheme that is lodged with the Commission; or (b) require a copy of or extract from any document that he is entitled to inspect pursuant to paragraph (a). (3) If a reproduction or transparency of a document is produced for inspection, a person is not entitled pursuant to paragraph (2)(a) to require the production of the original of that document. (4) The reference in paragraph (2)(b) to a document includes, where a reproduction or transparency of that document has been incorporated with a register kept by the Commission, a reference to that reproduction or transparency and where such a reproduction or transparency has been so incorporated, a person is not entitled pursuant to that paragraph to a copy of or extract from the original of that document. (5) A copy of or extract from any document, including a copy produced by way of microfilm, lodged with the Commission and certified to be a true copy or extract by any officer authorized by the Commission shall in any proceedings be admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document. (6) A reference in subsection (5) to a document includes, where a reproduction or transparency of that document has been incorporated with a register kept by the Commission, a reference to that reproduction or transparency. Electronic filing of books 2E . (1) The Commission may provide a service for the electronic filing, lodging or submission of books required by any of the provisions of the securites laws to be filed or lodged with or submitted to the Commission. (2) A person who intends to use the service provided under subsection (1) shall become a subscriber to the service by paying the prescribed fee, if any, and by complying with such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Commission. (3) Only a subscriber to the service provided under subsection (l), or such other person as the Commission may allow, may electronically file or lodge books with or submit books to the Commission. (4) A book electronically filed, lodged or submitted under this section shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirement for filing, lodgement or submission if the book is communicated or transmitted to the Commission in such manner as may be specified by the Commission. (5) The Commission may specify the books that may be electronically filed, lodged or submitted. (6) A book that is required to be stamped, signed or sealed shall, if it is to be electronically filed, lodged or submitted, be certified or authenticated in such manner as may be specified by the Commission. (7) A copy of or an extract from any book electronically filed or submitted to the Commission under subsection (1), supplied or issued by the Commission and certified to be a true copy thereof or extract therefrom by any officer authorized by the Commission, shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings as of equal validity as the original book. (8) Where a book is electronically filed or lodged with or submitted to the Commission, the Commission or its authorized agents shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of any error or omission, of whatever nature or however arising, appearing in any book obtained by any person under the service referred to in subsection (1) if such error or omission was made in good faith and in the ordinary course of the discharge of the duties of the Commission or of its authorized agents or occurred or arose as a result of any defect or breakdown in the service or in the equipment used for the provision of the service. Power of Commission to specify form and manner of keeping or maintaining books 2F . (1) Where under any of the provisions of the securities laws any person is required, or power is given to the Commission to require any person, to keep or maintain any book, the Commission may specify the form and manner in which such book is to be kept or maintained. (2) The person referred to in subsection (1) shall take all reasonable precautions, including such precautions as may be specified by the Commission, to prevent damage to, or destruction or falsification of, such book. Power of Commission to access books kept or maintained otherwise than in writing 2G . (1) Where under any of the provisions of the securities laws, power is given to the Commission to allow the Commission to inspect and make copies of or take extracts from any book required under any of the provisions of the securities laws to be kept or maintained, the Commission shall have access to the book and may— (a) obtain clear reproductions in writing; or (b) copy or move it to a storage or recording device. (2) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may require any person involved in the compilation of the book, or in the storing or recording of the book in a storage or recording device, to make a statement providing an explanation of how to secure access to the book. Power of Commission to require production, etc., of books kept or maintained otherwise than in writing 2H . (1) Where under any of the provisions of the securities laws, power is given to the Commission to allow the Commission to require the production of, search for, seize, take possession of, secure against interference or detain any book, the Commission may require the production of, search for, seize, take possession of, secure against interference or detain any storage or recording device in which the book is stored or recorded. (2) For the purposes of this section, the Commission may require any person who is involved in the compilation of the book, or in the storing or recording of the book in a storage or recording device, to make a statement providing an explanation of how to secure access to the book.