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it shall appear to the Colonial Government that any Company registered in Hongkong has published matter which constitutes an incitement to commit outside the Colony any act which if committed within the Colony would be an indictable offence, it shall be lawful for the Government to call on such Company to show cause before the Supreme Court why it should not be dissolved and struck off the register...
The Secretary of State is however, advised that the proposal is open to certain objections, and amongst them, to the following: which I am to request you to submit for the consideration of the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Such an enactment would permit of a Company being dissolved and struck off the register at Hongkong if it had published matter in China which appeared to the Hongkong Government to constitute an incitement to commit in China (or anywhere else but in Hongkong) any act which, if committed within Hongkong would be an indictable offence, irrespective of whether the act if committed in China or elsewhere than Hongkong were an indictable or any offence or not.