(1) The Commission or any person authorised by it in that behalf may, where the Commission is satisfied that it is necessary for the protection of investors or in the public interest, by notice in writing require the proprietor or publisher of a newspaper or periodical to supply him or her with the name and address of the financial journalist who has regularly contributed any advice or prepared any analysis or report that has been published in a newspaper or periodical owned or published by that proprietor or publisher or with the names and addresses of all the financial journalists who have regularly contributed any such advice or prepared any such analysis or report within a period specified in the notice.
(2) A proprietor or publisher of a newspaper or periodical who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1) commits an offence.