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THE CHINA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1918
46. On the registration of a company at a Consulate there shall be deposited and filed in the office of the Consulate a copy of the certificate of incorporation of the company, or other document corresponding thereto, a copy of the memorandum and articles of association or other documents corresponding thereto, a statement showing the nominal capital of the company, and the amounts thereof which have been subscribed and paid up respectively, and, if the company has been incorporated under a law which provides for the periodical filing of a list of the shareholders, a copy of the last list so filed.
47. The consular officer shall, on the registration of a company at the Consulate, issue to the person making the registration a certificate, signed and sealed with the consular seal, that the company has been so registered.
48.-(1) Every company registered under this Order shall register the name and address of the manager or other chief local representative in China, and shall from time to time, as may be necessary, register any alteration of the representative of the company or in his address. Names and addresses so registered shall be open to the inspection of the public.
(2) Rules of Court made under Article 119 of the Principal Order may provide that service of writs, notices, or other documents upon the person registered under this Article, or at his address, shall be good service of such documents upon the company.
49. Registration of a company under this Order shall not require to be renewed annually, but may be renewed from time to time as the parties may desire, and must be renewed when any change takes place in the name of the company.
50. On every registration of a company under this Order, and on every renewal thereof, there shall be payable a fee of £1, and on every registration under Article 41 there shall be payable a fee of 28.
51.-(1) A company shall not be entitled to be recognized or protected as a British company unless it is registered under this Order, but shall, although not so registered, be subject to the jurisdiction of His Majesty's Courts in China.
(2) Nothing in this Article shall affect the right of the Secretary of State to direct that British protection shall not be accorded to a company, even though it has been registered under this Order.
ORDERS OF A COURT OF CONSULS.
52.-(1) Where by agreement among the diplomatic representatives in China of foreign States, Regulations have been, or are, made for the establishment, control or procedure of a Court of Consuls, or other like Court, to deal with disputes or suits relating to the property or proceedings of any board, committee, association or other like group of persons which has been appointed for public purposes at any treaty port or foreign settlement or concession in China, and on which other nations besides Great Britain are represented, and such Regulations have been or are approved by the Secretary of State, the jurisdiction of the said Court shall not, so far as persons subject to the Principal Order are concerned, be deemed to conflict with Article 6 of the Principal Order, and the Court shall enforce on all persons subject to its jurisdiction the orders and decrees of such Court of Consuls or other like Court.
(2) Regulations approved by the Secretary of State under this Article shall be published in the same manner as King's Regulations,
53. (1) Articles 85, 86, 87, 115, and 116 of the Principal Order are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not--
(a) Affect the past operation of such Articles or any right, title, obligation,
or liability thereunder ; or
(b) Interfere with the institution or prosecution of any legal proceedings
thereunder.
(2) Appeals in criminal cases and Appeals to His Majesty in Council com- menced under any Articles hereby repealed shall be continued so far as is practicable in accordance with this Order.
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