THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH JULY, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 318.
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The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 21st July, 1890.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend the Law in respect of the sale of Shares in Companies registered under the Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1886 and in other Joint Stock Companies.
WHEREAtion of contracts for the sale and purchase
HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the
of shares and stock in joint stock Companies of which the sellers are not possessed or over which they have no control: Be it enacted as follows :--
1. That all contracts, agreements and tokens of sale and purchase which shall from and after the
be made or entered into for the sale or transfer, or purporting to be for the sale or transfer, of any share or shares, or of any stock or other interest in any joint stock Company constituted under or regulated by the provisions of any Act of Parliament, any local Ordinance, Royal Charter, or Letters Patent, issuing shares or stock transferable by any deed or written instrument, shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever unless such contract, agreement, or other token shall set forth and designate in writing such shares, stock, or interest by the respective numbers by which the same are distinguished at the ma- king of such contract, agreement, or token on the register or books of such joint stock Companies as aforesaid, or where there is no such register of shares or stock by dis- tinguishing numbers, then unless such contract, agree- ment, or other token shall set forth the person or persons in whose name or names such shares, stock, or interest shall at the time of making such contract stand as the registered proprietor thereof in the books of such joint stock Companies, and every person whether principal, broker, or agent, who shall wilfully insert in any such contract, agreement, or other token any false entry of such numbers, or any name or names other than that of the person or persons in whose name such shares, stock, or interest shall stand as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a mis- demeanour and be punished accordingly.
F. A. HAZELAND, Acting Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 319.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 11 of 1890.---An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend and consolidate the law relating to the protection of Women and Girls.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd July, 1890.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.