PART IV - SHARES, DEBENTURES AND CHARGES DIVISION 1 - PROSPECTUSES
Section 43. Document containing offer of shares for sale to be deemed prospectus.
(1) Where a corporation allots or agrees to allot to any person any shares in or debentures of the corporation with a view to all or any of them being offered for sale to the public, any document by which the offer for sale to the public is made shall for all purposes be deemed to be a prospectus issued by the corporation, and all written laws and rules of law as to the contents of prospectuses and to liability in respect of statements and non-disclosures in prospectuses, or otherwise relating to prospectuses, shall apply and have effect accordingly as if the shares or debentures had been offered to the public and as if persons accepting the offer in respect of any shares or debentures were subscribers therefor but without prejudice to the liability, if any, of the persons by whom the offer is made, in respect of statements or non-disclosures in the document or otherwise.
(2) For the purposes of this Act it shall, unless the contrary is proved, be evidence that an allotment of, or an agreement to allot, shares or debentures was made with a view to the shares or debentures being offered for sale to the public if it is shown -
(a) that an offer of the shares or debentures or of any of them for sale to the public was made within six months after the allotment or agreement to allot; or
(b) that at the date when the offer was made the whole consideration to be received by the corporation in respect of the shares or debentures had not been so received.
(3) The requirements of this Division as to prospectuses shall have effect as though the persons making an offer to which this section relates were persons named in a prospectus as directors of a corporation.
(4) In addition to complying with the other requirements of this Division the document making the offer shall state -
(a) the net amount of the consideration received or to be received by the corporation in respect of shares or debentures to which the offer relates; and
(b) the place and time at which a copy of the contract under which the shares or debentures have been or are to be allotted may be inspected.
(5) Where an offer to which this section relates is made by a corporation or a firm, it shall be sufficient if the document referred to in subsection (1) is signed on behalf of the corporation or firm by two directors of the corporation or not less than half of the members of the firm, as the case may be, and any such director or member may sign by his agent authorized in writing.