Section 504, The Companies Act, 2009

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 495, it shallbe lawful to make an invitation to the public to acquire or dispose of any securities of a public company, if– (a) within 6 months prior to the making of the invitation there has been delivered to the Commission and registered by it in accordance with this Act a prospectus relating to such securities complying in all respects with the relevant provisions of section 497. (b) except as provided in subsection (2), every person to whom the invitation is made is supplied with a true copy of such prospectus; (c) every copy of the prospectus states on its face that it has been, at the time when the invitation is first made, registered by the Commission and the date of registration. (2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall not apply to an invitation made under or through a member or to an invitation made by or through an approved stock exchange to a client of that member or to an invitation made by or through a licensed dealer.