Enclosure 2
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,
The
Hongkong 6th January 1900.
63
Report on Ordinance 38 of 1899.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to amend the
Companies Ordinance, 1844.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the
Governor's Instructions.
Objects
and Reasons.
The object of this Ordinance is to introduce into this Colony the beneficial provisions of the English Act of Parliament of 1898 (61 & 62 Victoriæ cap. 26), empowering the Court to protect
Shareholders