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suggest for consideration that the amendment should take the form of an addition to Section 7 of the Companies Ordinance to enable a company to alter its memorandum with respect to matters other than the objects of the company (which are dealt with in subsections (1) to (7)) in some expeditious manner, e.g. by special resolution confirmed by the Governor. Section 4(1)(b) also seems to require amendment since it contemplates that a registered office of the company must be situated either in Hong Kong or within the limits of the China Orders in Council.
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Mr. Gray, mentioned at the beginning of
my minute of the 3rd October, came to see me on the evening of the 23rd. He had received from the Hong Kong office information approximating to that in No. 3. We did not suppose that any legislation in Hong Kong could have
extra territorial effect
in a Dominion or another British Colony. But it is
fairly