Central Bank Act, 1989.

Restriction on advertising.

104.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not advertise or cause to be advertised the services of an exchange or make any other solicitation in respect of those services unless the Bank has approved the rules of the exchange.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply—

(a) subject to any condition or requirement to the contrary imposed by the Bank under section 100 (2), to an existing exchange, or to any person acting on behalf of the exchange, during the period commencing with the submission of its rules to the Bank for approval and ending with approval or refusal to approve, or

(b) to any prospectus or other document published by or on behalf of persons who propose to establish such an exchange, where such prospectus or other document is published solely for the purpose of such a proposal.

(3) If an advertisement or other solicitation to which this section relates is published and it does not include the name and address of the person who arranged with the publisher for the advertisement or solicitation, then the Bank may, at any time within the period of 12 months after any publication of the advertisement or solicitation, request the publisher to supply the name and address of that person to the Bank and the publisher shall forthwith comply with that request.