local registers
were to be kept, and that the
Governor in Council was empowered to make rules
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Secretary of State that the provisions laying down
and regulations
the
on
subject.
That for
the
breach of any of the provisions of the Ordinance,
or of any
company
rule or regulation made under it, a
was liable to a penalty not exceeding
£50 for every day during which it was in
default, found to be
and that a
company
which
was
keeping
a
local register
without
a
valid licence under the Ordinance might be
struck off the register and thus dissolved.
That it had been suggested to the
Secretary
the
manner in which a
Company registered in
KongKong the Colony
should
perform
certain acts outside
were ultra vires
8 of the Hongkong
Legislature. That the Ordinance was based on
the Companies (Colonial Registers) Act 1883 and
that it was
questionable whether an
of that kind which was,
of.
an enactment
course, within the
competence of the Imperial Parliament was
also within that of the HongKong Legislatures
That by Royal Letters Patent the Governor of Rongdong, by and with the advice of the Legislative
It
ade
eas
?