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THE CHINA (COMPANIES) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1915

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1915

Lord President.

Lord Stamfordhain.

PRESENT:-

Mr. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Sir Frederick Ponsonby.

Whereas by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in China:

And whereas it is desirable to make further provision. with reference to the exercise of jurisdiction over British Companies carrying on business within the

limits of this Order:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890" or otherwise, in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

1.-This Order may be cited as "The China (Companies) Order in Council, 1915," and shall be read as one with the "China Order, 1904" (hereinafter called the "Principal Order "), and with any Order amending the same.

2. In this Order-

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"The Ordinance means "The Companies Ordinance, 1911, of the Colony of Hongkong," and includes any Ordinance amending or substituted for the

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"The Life Insurance Companies Ordinance, means the Life Insurance Companies Ordinance, 1907, of the Colony of Hongkong, and includes any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same.

“China Company " means a Company limited by shares or by guarantee incorporated under the Ordinance, and the operations of which are directed and controlled from some place within the limits of this Order.

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'Hongkong China Company means a Company incorporated under the Ordinance which carries on some part of its business within the limits of this Order, and the operations of which are directed and controlled from some place in Hongkong.

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British Company means a Company incorporated in the United King- doin, or in a British Possession, and includes a China Company and a Hong- kong China Company.

3.-(1.) The Consul-General at Shanghai, including any person acting for such Consul-General, shall be Registrar of Companies at Shanghai.

(2) All acts done within the limits of this Order in pursuance of the provisions of the Ordinance or of the Life Insurance Companies Ordinance by, to, with, or before the Registrar of Companies at Shanghai, shall, subject to the provisions of this Order, be of the same force and validity as if they had been done by, to, with, or before the Registrar of Companies in Hongkong.

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