《證券及期貨條例》第34條禁止任何人在未經證監會授權或無合理辯解下，使用或採用若干稱銜（或與之相似的稱銜）。任何違規行為都可構成《證券及期貨條例》下的罪行。第34條禁止的特定稱銜（受限制稱銜）載列如下：
| 受限制的英文稱銜 | 受限制的中文稱銜 |
| “stock exchange” “stock market” “commodity exchange” “futures exchange” “futures market” “unified exchange” “united exchange” |
“證券交易所” “股票交易所” “證券市場” “股票市場” “商品交易所” “期貨交易所” “期貨市場” “聯合交易所” |
一般來說：
第34條的目的在於保護投資者免被誤導或混淆視聽，令他們誤以為藉有關名稱來進行的業務或活動，會如受到證監會規管的交易所般營運。如有任何相關疑問，請發送電郵至enquiry@sfc.hk聯絡證監會。
一般來說，證監會只會在下述情況下根據第34條授予批准：
任何人如欲申請第34條下的批准，在提交任何申請前應先發送電郵至enquiry@sfc.hk聯絡證監會，或與你在證監會就任何相關進行中的申請、通知或監管事宜的聯絡人聯繫。
一般來說，申請將需包括以下資料：
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