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(2.) All Mets alone within the limits of the China Acts done Shanghai (Companies) Order-in-Council, 191. in pursuance of the by or before provisions of the Companies Ordinances by, to, with, or Registrar before the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai shall, sub- of same ject to the provisions of the China (Companies) Order-iu- validity as if Council, 191, be of the same force and validity as if they done by or Hongkong had been done by, to, with, or before the Registrar of
Registrar. Companies.
before
of China
(3.) All documents and other written information which Documente a company is required by the Companies Ordinances to file in ca with the Registrar of Companies shall in the case of a Company to China Company be filed with the Registrar of Companies be fled with at Shanghai, stul a copy of all such documents and other Shanghai written information shall in the case of a Hongkong Registrar : China Company be filed with the Registrar of Companies of Hongkong at Shanghai.
And in case
China
Company copies of
same to be similarly filed.
(4) All fees which a company is required by the Com- Fees in case panies Ordinances to pay to the Registrar of Companies of China shall in the case of a Chius Company he paid to the Company Registrar of Companies at Shanghai."
to be paid to Shanghai
Registrar.
another.
4.—(L.) {m.) Every China Company which for the time Transfer being is on the Register in Hongkong shall be transferred from one to the Register at Shanghai, and every Hongkong Chius Register to Company which for the time being is on the Register at Shanghai shall be transferred to the Register in Hongkong. (b.) In the case of any such transfer, upon the posting or despatel by the Registrar of the Register on which such company for the time being is of the documents and recorils of such company filed in snch Register the com¬ pany shall, subject to any order of the Court which may be made in that behalf, bedeumed to have been transferred to the Register at Shanghai or to the Register in Hong- kong as the case way be.
(2.)-(a.) Every Hongkong Chian Company, and every Notices to China Company, which shall be in existence at the com- be given by mencement of this Ordinance, shall within two months after companies. the commencement of this Ordinance send notice in writing
to the Registrar of Companies and to the Registrar of Com- panies at Shanghai of the place from which its operations are directed and controlled.
(b) Every Hongkong China Company, and every Chins Company, which shall be incorporated after the commencê- ment of this Ordinance shall on or before the date of delivery for registration of its memorandum sud articles send notice in writing to the Registrar of Companies and to the Re- gistrar of Companies at Shanghai of the place from which its operations are intended to be directed and controlled.
(c.) Every Hongkong China Company and every China Company, whether incorporated before or after the com- mencement of this Ordinance, shall in the event of any change occurring in the place from which its operations are directed and controlled, send notice in writing of such change to the Registrar of Companios and to the Registrar of Compauies at Shanghai, within one mouth of such change occurring.
(d.) If any company to which the sub-section applies fails to comply with its provisions the company and every director, officer and agent of the company who is knowingly a party to the default shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for each day during which the default con- tinues.
(8.)-(4.) Upon the receipt of any such notice by the Transfer on Registrar of the Register in which the documents and notice by records of the company in question are filed auch Regis- company. trar shall proceed to determine whether the company shall remain on such Register or shall be transferred from such Register to the Register at Shanghai or to the Register in Hongkong as the case may be.
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(4.) Before so determising it shall be lawful for such Register to call upon the company for such proof of the correctness of the notice as he may require.
(c) If upon such determination such Registrar is of opinion that the company ought to be transferred from his Register to the Register at Shanghai or to the Register in Hongkong as the case may be be shall order snel transfer and shall send all the documents and records filed in his office relating to such company to the Registrar of Com- panies at Shanghai or to the Registrar of Companies res- pectively and shull serve notice of the order on the com- pany, provided that he shall not without the consent of the company post or despatch the documents and record relating thereto until after the expiration of one month from the service of the order on the company.
(4.)—(.) The Registrar of Companies may at any time Transfer on of his own motion, or on the request of the Registrar of motion of Companies at Shanghai, send to any company registered Registrar.
under the Companies Ordinances carrying on business in Hongkong a notice calling on such company to shew co the satisfaction of the Registrar of Companies that it ought not to be transferred to the Register at Shanghai, as being a China Company, and such notice shall fix a date by which such company shall submit its ense in writ- ng to the Registrar of Companies.
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(4) If the company fails to show to the satisfaction of the Registrar of Companies that it ought not to be trans- ferred to the Register at Shanghai, the Registrar of Com- panies shall order such transfer and shall forthwith serve notire of the order on the company, provided that be shall not without the consent of the company send the documents and records to the Register at Shanghai until after the expiration of one month from the service of the onder on the company.
(e) The Registrar of Companies at Shanghai may at any time of his own motion, or on the request of the Re- gistrar of Companies, sand to any company registered under the Companies Ordinances carrying on business within the limits of the China Orders-in-Council notice calling on such company to show to the satisfaction of the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai that it ought not to be transferred to the Register in Hongkong, as being u Hongkong China Company, and anch notice shall fix n late by which such company shall submit its case io writing to the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai.
(4) If any such company fails to shew to the satisfac- tion of the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai that it ought not to be transferred to the Register in Hongkong, the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai sball order such transfer, and eball forthwith serve uotice of the order on the company, provided that be shall not without the con- sent of the company send the documents and records relating thereto to the Register in Hongkong until after the expiration of oue month from the service of the order on the company.
(5.)-(a.) If the company concerned, or the Registrar Appeals. of Companies, or the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai,
is dissatisfied with any such order of transfer or determina- tion aforesaid, it shall be lawful for it or him to appeal to the Court,
(6.) Such appeal shall be made by originating sammous. (c.) Such originating summons shall be izened within one month after the service of the notice of such transfer or determination on the company concorned, providel that the Court shall bave power to extend the time before or after the expiration of the said period of one month.
(d.) If any such appeal is not prosecuted with all due diligence it aball be lawful for the Court to dismiss it.
(e.) Upon such appeal the Court may make such order aa may seem to it desirable.
(6.) The Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Notices to be Companies at Shanghai shall register any such notice as registered. is referred to in this section given to him by a company.
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