CO129-613-4 Transfer of registration of China Companies from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong 16-4-1946 - 3-2-1948 — Page 69

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(F9549/4110/10,

DRAFT NOTICE FOR THE LONDON GAZETTE

WHEREAS by Article 4(2) of the China Order in Council

1943 (S.R. & C. 1943 No. 386) it is provided that the

Secretary of State shall cause to be published in the

London Gazette a notice of the date within six months

of which every "China Company" (as defined in Article 3

of the China Order in Council 1925 (3.R. & 0. 1925 No. 603

p. 379)) which has not at the said date been registered in

the manner provided in Article 4(1) of the China Order in

Council 1943, shall be registered with the Registrar of

Companies at Hong Kong and shall thereupon cease to

have its registered office in China:

AND WHEREAS the occupation of Shanghai by the military

forces of the Emperor of Japan has been terminated and a

Consulate of His Majesty has been re-established at Shanghai

and such provision as is necessary has been made by the law

of the Colony of Hong Kong for the registration there of

China companies, and for the application to such companies

of the Companies Ordinances of the Colony:

NOW THEREFORE His Majesty's Principal Secretary of

State for Foreign Affairs gives notice that the said date

shall be the 30th day of September, 1947.