THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 31, 1936. 1269
No. 1019
COMPANIES (FEES) ORDER, 1936.
The Chief Justice and the Legislative Council, in pur- suance of the powers and authorities vested in them respective- ly by section 282 of the Companies Ordinance, 1932, section 32 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, and of all other powers enabling them in this behalf, do hereby, according as the provisions of the above mentioned Ordinances authorise and require them, make, approve, concur in and sanction the following Order :--
1. This Order may be cited as the Companies (Fees) Order (No. 3), 1936, and shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1937.
2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, a section referred to by number means the section so numbered in the Companies Ordinance, 1932, and a Rule referred to by number means the Rule so numbered in the Companies (Wind- ing-up) Rules, 1026.
3. The fees and percentages to be taken in the Supreme Court in respect of proceedings under the Companies Ordin- ance, 1932, (other than winding-up proceedings) shall be the fees contained in Schedule I to this Order, and, where the proceeding is one for which no fee is prescribed in the said Schedule, the fees and percentages prescribed for a similar pro- ceeding in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by the Order made by the Chief Justice on the 10th day of July, 1931, approved by the Legislative Council on the 16th day of July, 1931, and published as Government Notification No. 450 in the Gazette of the 17th day of July, 1931, or any Order amending it.
4. The fees and percentages to be taken in the Supreme Court in respect of proceedings in the winding-up of Companies shall be-
(i) the fees contained in Schedule II to this Order, and
(ii) the fees contained in Schedule I to this Order, where the proceeding described therein is taken with respect to a Company which is being wound up, and
(iii) where the proceeding is one for which no fee is prescribed in the said Schedules, the fees and percentages prescribed for a similar proceeding in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by the Order made by the Chief Justice on the 10th day of July, 1931, approved by the Legislative Council on the 16th day of July, 1931, and published as Government Notification No. 450 in the Gazette of the 17th day of July, 1931, or any Order amending it.
5. The fees and percentages prescribed in Schedules I and II to this Order shall be taken in adhesive stamps which shall be cancelled by the proper officer in the manner for the time being required by the Treasurer.