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No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1865.

plying with the provisions of section 94 and shall be punished accordingly.

Registered office of company.

25 & 26 Vict. c. 89 s. 39.

Notice of situation of registered office.

Ib. s. 40.

Publication of name by limited company.

Ib. s. 41.

Penalties for non-publication.

Ib. s. 42.

PART III.

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.

Office and Name.

85.-(1.) Every company under this Ordinance shall have a registered office to which all communications and notices may be addressed.

(2.) If any company under this Ordinance carries on business without having such an office, it shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for every day during which business is so carried on.

86. Notice of the situation of such registered office, and of any change therein, shall be given to the Registrar of Companies and recorded by him; and until such notice is given the company shall not be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to having a registered office.

87. Every limited company under this Ordinance, whether limited by shares or by guarantee.-

(1.) shall paint or affix, and shall keep painted or affixed, its name on the outside of every office or place in which the business of the company is carried on, in a conspicuous position, in letters easily legible;

(2.) shall have its name engraved in legible characters on its seal;

and

(3.) shall have its name mentioned in legible characters in all notices, advertisements, and other official publications of the company, and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, indorsements, cheques, and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company, and in all bills of parcels, invoices, receipts, and letters of credit of the company.

88.-(1.) If any limited company under this Ordinance does not paint or affix, and keep painted or affixed, its name in manner directed by this Ordinance, it shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars for not so painting or affixing its name, and for every day during which such name is not so kept painted or affixed; and every director and manager of the company who knowingly and wilfully authorizes or permits such default shall be liable to the like penalty.

(2.) If any director, manager, or officer of any such company, or any person on its behalf, uses or authorizes the use of any seal purporting to be a seal of the company whereon its name is not so engraved as

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