(i) May make such public or private investigations within or without this State as it deems necessary to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate this act or any rule or order hereunder, or to aid in the enforcement of this act or in the prescribing of rules and forms hereunder;

(ii) May, for a reasonable time not exceeding thirty days, take possession of the books, papers, accounts and other records, however created, produced or stored, pertaining to the business of any broker-dealer or investment adviser or pertaining to the activities of any issuer in connection with any transaction in a security, whether or not exempted under section 202 or 203¹ and the use of any proceeds obtained therefrom, and place a keeper in exclusive charge of them in the place where they are usually kept. During such possession no person shall remove or attempt to remove any of the books, records, accounts, or other papers except pursuant to a court order or with the consent of the department; but the directors, officers, partners, and employes of the broker-dealer, investment adviser or issuer may examine them, and employes shall be permitted to make entries therein reflecting current transactions;

(iii) May require or permit any person to file a statement in writing, under oath or otherwise as the department determines, as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the matter being investigated;

(iv) May publish information concerning any violation of this act or any rule or order hereunder or concerning securities, or practices in the sale thereof, which appear or tend to be unfair, inequitable or fraudulent, but only where it deems such publication to be in the public interest and for the protection of investors;

(v) May hold hearings, upon reasonable notice, in respect of any matters arising out of the administration of this act; and

(vi) May record presentations made at meetings, seminars or other assemblies conducted in a public forum which may involve the offer or sale of securities in this State in any manner that the department determines appropriate.

(d)(i) If, in a proceeding before the department, any person shall refuse to testify or to produce evidence of any other kind on the ground that his testimony or evidence may tend to incriminate him, that person may be ordered to give such testimony. The order to testify shall not be given except upon an order of court after a hearing in which the Attorney General has established a need for the grant of immunity, as hereinafter provided;

(ii) The Attorney General may petition the Commonwealth Court or the court of common pleas of the county in which such person resides (if he is a resident of this State) for an order requiring any person to testify or produce evidence, which petition may be joined in by the district attorney of such county. Such petition shall set forth the nature of the investigation and the need for the immunization of the witness;

(iii) No such witness shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture, nor shall there be any liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, any such witness for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, nor shall testimony so compelled be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court;

(iv) No person so ordered to testify or to produce evidence, shall be exempt from any punishment or forfeiture for perjury committed by him while so testifying. Such testimony shall be admissible against him in any criminal action or other proceeding concerning such perjury;

(v) Any person who shall refuse or decline to testify or produce evidence of any other kind after being granted immunity and ordered by the court shall be guilty of criminal contempt and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or to undergo imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both.

(i) the requesting authority is permitted and has agreed to provide reciprocal assistance in securities matters to the department; and

(ii) compliance with the request would prejudice the public interest.