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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The Act, amongst other things, provides for-

a)    the establishment of Securities and Exchange Commission;

b)    the repeal of the Investments and Securities Act 1999;

c)    the enlarged powers and functions of the Commission over the capital market ; and

d)    a set of new market infrastructures and wide-ranging system of regulation of investment and securities business in Nigeria, especially in the area of Mergers, Acquisitions and Take-Over, and collective Investment Schemes, where new provisions were made.

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SECTIONS

·         PART I— ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

·         PART II — FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION

·         PART III — STAFF OF THE COMMISSION

·         PART IV — FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

·         PART VI: REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF CAPITAL MARKET OPERATORS

·         PART VII: INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS

·         PART VIII: REGULATION OF SECURITIES

·         PART IX: PUBLIC OFFER AND SALE OF SECURITIES AND INVITATIONS TO THE PUBLIC

·         PART X: CONDUCT OF SECURITIES BUSINESS

·         PART XI: TRADING IN SECURITIES

·         PART XII: MERGERS, TAKE-OVERS AND ACQUISITIONS

·         PART XIII: COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES

·         PART XIV: INVESTORS PROTECTION FUND

·         PART XV: BORROWING BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR AGENCIES.

·         PART XVI: ESTABLISHMENT, JURISDICTION, AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE OF THE INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES TRIBUNAL

·         PART XVII: MISCELLANEOUS

·         PART XVIII: INTERPRETATION AND CITATION

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