CO129-613-4 Transfer of registration of China Companies from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong 16-4-1946 - 3-2-1948 — Page 84

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Companies which Registered under the Defence (Companies) Reg- ulations, 1940, or similar provisions elsewhere in the British Dominions,

ARTICLE B

Notwithstanding anything in this Proclamation to the

contrary, it shall be competent for any company, which

at any time prior to the 25th December, 1941, had a

registered office within the limits of the China Order

in Council, 1925, and which pursuant to the provisions

of the Defence (Companies) Regulations, 1940, of the

United Kingdom or pursuant to any laws or regulations

in force in any other territory within the dominions

of His Majesty, registered after the 25th December, 1941

as a company either in the United Kingdom or some other

territory as aforesaid and which has not been wound-up

or which is not in the process of being wound-up, to

apply for registration as a Hong Kong Company pursuant

to the provisions of this proclamation provided it

satisfies the Governor that provision has been made or

will be made whereby upon registration pursuant to this

Proclamation the company will cease to be registered

under the laws or regulations having effect elsewhere

in the dominions of His Majesty where the company was

registered immediately prior to a registration order

being made pursuant to this Proclamation or that the

company has been served by the appropriate authority,

in such place as the company was registered immediately

prior to a registration order under this Proclamation

being made, with a notice that the company shall cease

to be registered in that other part of the dominions

of His Majesty at the expiration of such period as is

specified in such notice."

Council Chamber,

10th June, 1947.

(Sd.) K.M.A. Barnett.

Clerk of Councils.