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V-1.1 - Securities Act

Section 196
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196. Every person who makes a misrepresentation in any of the following is guilty of an offence:
(1)  a prospectus of any type or an offering memorandum provided for in this Act or the regulations;
(2)  the information incorporated by reference in a simplified prospectus;
(2.1)  a document prepared under a special disclosure scheme referred to in section 64;
(3)  (paragraph repealed);
(4)  (paragraph repealed);
(5)  the disclosure provided by an issuer under section 73 or 74;
(6)  (paragraph replaced);
(7)  (paragraph replaced);
(8)  a take-over bid circular or issuer bid circular.
1982, c. 48, s. 196; 2006, c. 50, s. 61; 2008, c. 24, s. 210.
196. Every person who makes a misrepresentation in any of the following is guilty of an offence:
(1)  a prospectus of any type or an offering memorandum provided for in this Act or the regulations;
(2)  the information incorporated by reference in a simplified prospectus;
(2.1)  a document prepared under a special disclosure scheme referred to in section 64;
(3)  (paragraph repealed);
(4)  the information document provided for in section 67;
(5)  the disclosure provided by an issuer under section 73 or 74;
(6)  (paragraph replaced);
(7)  (paragraph replaced);
(8)  a take-over bid circular or issuer bid circular.
1982, c. 48, s. 196; 2006, c. 50, s. 61.
196. Every person who makes a misrepresentation in any of the following is guilty of an offence:
(1)  a prospectus of any type or an offering memorandum provided for in this Act or the regulations;
(2)  the information incorporated by reference in a simplified prospectus;
(2.1)  a document prepared under a special disclosure scheme referred to in section 64;
(3)  (paragraph repealed);
(4)  the information document provided for in section 67;
(5)  the annual, semi-annual or quarterly financial statements provided for in Title III;
(6)  the press release provided for in Title III;
(7)  the circular prepared in connection with a solicitation of proxies in accordance with Title III;
(8)  a take-over bid circular or issuer bid circular.
1982, c. 48, s. 196; 2006, c. 50, s. 61.
196. Every person who makes a misrepresentation in any of the following is guilty of an offence:
(1)  a prospectus of any type or an offering memorandum provided for in this Act or the regulations;
(2)  the information incorporated by reference in a simplified prospectus;
(2.1)  a document prepared under a special disclosure scheme referred to in section 64;
(3)  the information in respect of a reporting issuer provided for in paragraph 1 of section 85;
(4)  the information document provided for in section 67;
(5)  the annual, semi-annual or quarterly financial statements provided for in Title III;
(6)  the press release provided for in Title III;
(7)  the circular prepared in connection with a solicitation of proxies in accordance with Title III;
(8)  a take-over bid circular or issuer bid circular.
1982, c. 48, s. 196; 2006, c. 50, s. 61.
196. Every person who makes a misrepresentation in any of the following is guilty of an offence:
(1)  a prospectus of any type or an offering memorandum provided for in this Act or the regulations;
(2)  the information incorporated by reference in a simplified prospectus;
(2.1)  a document prepared under a special disclosure scheme referred to in section 64;
(3)  the information in respect of a reporting issuer provided for in paragraph 1 of section 85;
(4)  the information document provided for in section 67;
(5)  the annual, semi-annual or quarterly financial statements provided for in Title III;
(6)  the press release provided for in Title III;
(7)  the circular prepared in connection with a solicitation of proxies in accordance with Title III;
(8)  the take-over bid circular and issuer bid circular provided for in Title IV.
1982, c. 48, s. 196; 2006, c. 50, s. 61.
196. Every person is guilty of an offence who makes a misrepresentation that is likely to affect the value or the market price of a security in any of the following documents:
(1)  the different kinds of prospectuses or the offering notice provided for in Title II;
(2)  the information presented in the annual report and incorporated in the simplified prospectus;
(3)  the information in respect of a reporting issuer provided for in paragraph 1 of section 85;
(4)  the information document provided for in section 67;
(5)  the annual, semi-annual or quarterly financial statements provided for in Title III;
(6)  the press release provided for in Title III;
(7)  the circular prepared in connection with a solicitation of proxies in accordance with Title III;
(8)  the take-over bid circular and issuer bid circular provided for in Title IV.
1982, c. 48, s. 196.
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