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CH.363 – 56]
SECURITIES INDUSTRY
Extension to
spouses and
children.
been appointed a proxy to vote at any meeting of
the company, or of his having been appointed by
a corporation to act as its representative at any
meeting of the company), to exercise any right
conferred by the holding thereof or is entitled to
control the exercise of any right so conferred; or
(d) he has an interest other than a discretionary
interest under a trust the property of which
comprises the shares or debentures, and he is not
a bare trustee or a custodian trustee of the trust.
(3) Persons having a joint interest are deemed each
of them to have that interest.
(4) So long as a person is entitled to receive, during
his lifetime or the lifetime of another, income from trust
property comprising of securities, an interest in the
securities in reversion or ,remainder shall be disregarded
for purposes of this section.
(5) For the purposes of this section, the securities in
which a person has an interest need not be identifiable.
(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act, reference to
a person being interested in securities of a company shall be
construed so as not to exclude an interest on the ground of
its remoteness or the manner in which it arises or by reason
of the fact that the exercise of a right by ownership thereof
is, or is capable of being made subject to any restraint or
restriction.
84. (1) For the purposes of sections 81, 82 and 83 —
(a) an interest of the spouse or minor child (such
child not being a director) of a director, officer
or substantial shareholder of a public company
shall be treated as being the director’s interest;
and
(b) any interest which arises by virtue of section 81
and is vested in the spouse or minor child (such
child not being a director) of a director, officer
or substantial shareholder of a public company
shall be treated as his interest.
(2) In this section “child” includes a step-child and an
adopted child.
STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS [Original Service 2001]