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Remunera-
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Rights and duties of auditors.
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(1) If an appointment of auditors is not made at an Ordinary Yearly Meeting, the Supreme Court of Hongkong may, on the application of any member of the Company, appoint an auditor or auditors of the Company for the current year, and fix the remuneration to be paid to him or them by the Company for his or their services.
(2) A Director or officer or servant of the Com- pany or the partner or employee of such Director shall not be capable of being appointed auditor of the Company.
(3) A person, other than a retiring auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed auditor at an Annual General Meeting unless notice .of an intention to nominate that person to the office of auditor has been given by a member to the Company not less than four- teen days before the Annual General Meet- ing, and the Company shall send a copy of any such notice to the retiring auditor, and shall give notice thereof to the members, either by advertisement or in any other mode allowed by these Articles not less than seven days before the Annual General Meet- ing.
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(4) The Directors may fill casual vacancy
in the office of auditor, but while any such vacancy continues, the surviving or continu- ing auditor or auditors, (if any), may act. 183. The remuneration of the auditors of the Com- pany shall be fixed by the Company in General Meeting except that the remuneration of any auditors appoint- ed to fill any casual vacancy, may be fixed by the Directors.
184.-(1) Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and Officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.
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(2) The auditors shall make a report to the mem- bers on the accounts examined by them, and on every Balance Sheet laid before the Company in General Meet- ing during their tenure of office, and the report shall
state:
(a) Whether or not they have obtained all the information and explanation they have re- quired; and
(b) Whether, in their opinion, the Balance Sheet referred to in the report is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Company's affairs according to the best of their information and the explanations given to them, and as shown by the books of the Company,
185. Every account of the Directors when audited When and approved by a General Meeting, shall be conclusive accounts to except as regards any error discovered therein within be deemed
finally three months next after the approval thereof. Whenever settled. any such error is discovered within that period, the account shall forthwith be corrected, and thenceforth shall be conclusive.
Notices.
186. Subject to the provisions of these Articles a Service of notice or other document may be served by the Com- notices. pany upon any member either by advertisement in a newspaper or newspapers circulating in the Colony of Hongkong or personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope or wrapper addressed to the member at his registered place of address as appearing in the Register of Members.
187. As regards those members who have no re- gistered place of address a notice posted up in the Notices Registered Office shall be deemed to be well served on where no them at the expiration of twenty-four hours after it is address. so posted up.
188. All notices to be given on the part of the Notices by members shall be left at or sent through the post to the members how for- registered office of the Company.
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