Enclosure No. 2.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong.21st December, 1929.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No......... 31...........of 192 9
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an
Ordinance to amend further the Companies Ordinance,
1911, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which
is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.
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The main object of this Ordinance is to enable
China companies to keep branch registers in the United
Kingdom or in any British possession or protectorate,
although they carry on no business in the place where
the branch register is kept. This legislation was
directed by the Secretary of State in his despatch of the
9th March, 1929.
3. The amendment is effected by section 3 of this
Ordinance which is based on section 37 of Ordinance No.155
(Companies) of the Ordinances of the Straits Settlements.
That precedent has been departed from in one respect.
The section in the Straits Settlements Ordinance gives
power only to keep a branch register "of members resident
in" the place where the branch register is kept. This