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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 281. The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 2nd December, 1915:-
Short title and
A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to
companies.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may by cited as the Companies Ordinance, 1915, and shall be read and construed as one Construction, with the Companies Ordinances, 1911 and 1913, and the said Ordinances and this Ordinance may be cited together as the Companies Ordinances, 1911-1915,
Definitions.
British Company.
China Company.
China
Orders-in- Council.
Hongkong China Company.
Minister.
Registrar.
Registrar of Companies.
Registrar of Companies
2. In this Ordinance,---
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"British Company means a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, or in the Colony, or in any other British possession, and includes a China Company and a Hongkong China Company.
"China Company means a company limited by shares or by guarantee incorporated under the Companies Ordi- nances, and the operations of which are directed and con- trolled from some place within the limits of the China (Companies) Order-in-Council, 191.
"China Orders-in-Comeil" means the China Örder-in- Council, 1904, and any Orders-in-Council amending, read with, ancilliary to or substituted for the same.
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·Hongkong China Company means a company incor- porated under the Companies Ordinances which carries on some part of its business within the limits of the China (Companies) Order-in-Council, 191 and the operations of which are directed and controlled from some place in the Colony,
"Minister" means His Majesty's Minister in China and includes Chargé d'Affaires or other Chief Diplomatic Representative,
Registrar" includes the Registrar of Companies and the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai.
"Registrar of Companies" means the Registrar of Companies in Hongkong appointed under the Companies Ordinances, 1911-1915.
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Registrar of Companies at Shanghai' means the at Shanghai. Registrar of Companies at Shanghai appointed under the
China (Companies) Order-in-Council, 191
Supreme Court for China.
The Court.
The Com-
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Supreme Court for China means His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China established under the China Orders-in-Council.
"The Court" has the same meaning as in the Companies Ordinance, 1911.
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"The Companies Ordinances means the Companies panies Ordi- Ordinances, 1911-1915, and includes any Ordinance amend-
ing or substituted for the same.
nances,
Establish.
ment of
Companies Register at Shanghai.
3.--(1.) There shall be a Register and Registrar of Companies at Shanghai.