(1) The governing body of a stock exchange may publish in a daily newspaper of national circulation a notice, in or to the effect of the form prescribed, specifying a date, not being earlier than three months after the publication, on or before which claims for compensation from the fidelity fund, in relation to the person specified in the notice, may be made.

(2) A claim for compensation from a fidelity fund in respect of a misappropriation of moneys shall be made in writing to die governing body

(a) where a notice under subsection (1) has been published on or before the date specified in the notice; or

(b) where a notice has been published within six months after the claimant becomes aware of the misappropriation, and any claim which is not so made shall be barred unless the governing body otherwise determines.

(3) An action for damages shall not lie against a stock exchange or against a member or employee of a stock exchange or of a governing body or management committee as a result of a notice published in good faith and without malice for die purposes of this section.