Chinese Partnerships.
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dollars, of the amount so contributed, or of the increase of that amount, as the case may be; and in default of payment of stamp duty thereon as herein required, the duty with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent from the date of delivery of such statement shall be a debt to the Crown and shall be recoverable by the Accountant General from such registered partner in the same manner as is provided for by the Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance (Cap. 5) in respect of rent due to the Crown.
making false
11. Every person who makes, signs, sends or delivers for the purpose of registration under this Ordinance any false or incomplete statement known by him to be false or incomplete shall be personally liable to an unlimited extent for all debts and obligations of the registered partnership incurred during his partnership therein.
to file
and issue
12. On receiving any statement made in pursuance of this Ordinance the Registrar shall cause the same to be filed, and he shall send by registered post or deliver to the partnership from which such statement has been received a certificate of the registration thereof.
certificate of
registration.
keep register
and index and registrations.
to advertise
13. The Registrar shall keep at his office, in proper books to be provided for the purpose, a register and an index of all the partnerships registered as aforesaid and of all the statements registered in relation to such partnerships, and shall as soon as practicable after each registration publish in the Gazette and in one Chinese newspaper circulating in the Colony a notification of the name of the registered partnership and of the name of every registered partner therein.
statements
14. (1) Any person may inspect the statements filed under this Ordinance by the Registrar, and there shall be paid for each such inspection a fee of one dollar; and any person may require a certificate of the registration of a registered partnership, or a copy of or extract from any registered statement, to be certified by the Registrar, and there shall be paid for such certificate of registration, certified copy or extract such fees as the Governor in Council may appoint, not exceeding one dollar for the certificate of
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