Ports of Canton and Shanghai, and whereas it appears desirable that certain Facilities should be granted requiring to bring civil Suits and Actions against the said Company,
and also that Similar Facilities should be granted to the said Company in bringing Civil Suits and Actions against Individual Parties:-
Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That in all Civil Suits and Actions hereafter to be brought by or against the said Company in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, it shall be held and considered sufficient to designate the said Company, whether Plaintiffs or Defendants in the said Suit or Action, by the Name and Style of the Oriental Bank;
that such suit or Action shall not be abated or prejudiced by reason of the Shareholders of the said Company not being made Parties to the said Suit or Action, or by reason of any Change in the Persons constituting the said partnership or Company.
And be it further enacted and ordained, That in all Suits or Actions hereafter to be brought against the said Company, the service of any Writ, Order, or other Process or Notice on the Manager for the time being of the said Company, at their usual Place of Business, and if he cannot be found there, in such Manner as the Supreme Court shall order and direct, shall be good Service on the said Company.