THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CCH Note: Part 13 of the Corporations Act 1989, inserted by sec 6 of No 110 of 1990, Sch 1 (effective 1 January 1991), begins as follows:

PART 13 - THE CORPORATIONS LAW
THE CORPORATIONS LAW 82
The Corporations Law is as follows:...

CHAPTER 8 - THE FUTURES INDUSTRY

PART 8.7 - OFFENCES

Division 1 - Insider dealing

SECTION 1257 DEFENCE WHERE OTHER PARTY TO DEALING ALSO HAD THE INSIDE INFORMATION

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1257 Where a prosecution is begun against a person for an offence because the person had particular information and dealt in a futures contract in contravention of section 1256, it is a defence if it is proved that the other party to the dealing knew, or ought reasonably to have known, the information before entering into the dealing.