ORDINANCES Nos. 14 AND 15 OF 1881.

Companies.

A limited company may by a resolution declare that any portion of its capital which has not been already called up shall not be capable of being called up except in the event of and for the purposes of the company being wound up, and thereupon such portion of capital shall not be capable of being called up, except in the event of and for the purpose of the company being wound up.

5. On the registration, in pursuance of this Ordinance, of a company which has been already registered, the Registrar shall make provision for closing the former registration of the company, and may dispense with the delivery to him of copies of any documents with copies of which he was furnished on the occasion of the registration of the company; but, save as aforesaid, the registration of such a company shall take place in the same manner, and have the same effect as if it were the first registration of that company under the Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1880, and as if the provisions of the Ordinance under which the company was previously registered and regulated had been contained in different Ordinances from those under which the company is registered as a limited company.

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Application of the Companies Ordinance 1865, the Ordinance 1866 and the Companies Ordinance 1877.

Privileges of Ordinance available notwithstanding constitution of Company.

6. A company authorized to register under this Ordinance may register thereunder, and avail itself of the privileges conferred by this Ordinance, notwithstanding any provisions contained in any Ordinance, constitution deed of settlement, or contract of co-partnery, constituting or regulating the company.

No. 15 of 1881.

An Ordinance entitled, "French Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation Ordinance 1881."

[29th August, 1881.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. Ordinance 6 of 1880, entitled “An Ordinance to make temporary provision for securing the status of French Mail Steamers within the ports of the Colony of Hongkong," shall continue in force until the first of September, 1882, inclusive.

[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]

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