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COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1988
Explanatory Memorandum
This Bill makes miscellaneous amendments to the Companies Ordinance in relation to company names, prospectuses, the age limit of directors, winding up, registered documents and fees.
2. Section 20(2)(a) of the principal Ordinance provides that a company shall not be registered by a name which suggests or is calculated to suggest connection with Her Majesty's Government. Clause 2 amends this provision so that it refers as well to a connection with the Government of Hong Kong.
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Clause 3 repeals references to fees in section 20A. These fees are now provided for in the Eighth Schedule (Clause 13).
4. Clause 4 amends section 38D to remove the prohibition on prospectuses containing photographs or illustrations.
Clause 5 amends section 157C to lower the minimum age for directors to
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18 years.
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Clause 6 corrects an erroneous reference in section 161.
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Clause 7 deletes a superfluous definition in section 227D.
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Clause 8 amends section 233 to provide that a declaration of solvency may be effective if it is made on the date of the passing of the resolution to wind up
the company, so long as it is made before such passing.
9. Clause 9 amends section 265 to add claimants under contracts of insurance to the list of creditors entitled to priority in the event of the winding up of an insurance company.
10. Clause 10 amends section 294 to provide that the Official Receiver may invest surplus funds in the Companies Liquidation Account for the benefit of the general revenue without involving the Director of Accounting Services.
11. Clause 11 amends section 305 to provide that a copy or extract of a document kept and registered in the office of the Registrar of Companies and certified by the Registrar to be a true copy shall be admissible in court on its production without further proof and shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be certified by the Registrar and to be a true copy or extract.
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Section 333 of the principal Ordinance requires an oversea company which establishes a place of business in Hong Kong to register a certified copy of its certificate of incorporation with the Registrar. Clause 12 amends section 333 to enable such a company in certain circumstances to register instead other sufficient evidence of incorporation.
13. Clause 13 amends the Eighth Schedule to provide new fees in relation to annual returns and company names.
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The Bill has no Public Service staffing or public expenditure implications.
COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1988
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1988年公司(修訂)(第3號)條例草案
摘要說明
本草案對公司條例內有關公司名稱、招股章程、董事年齡限制、清盤、登記文件 及應付費用的規定作出多項修訂。
2. 原有條例第20(2)(a)條規定一間公司所用的註冊名稱不應暗示或故意暗示與英女 皇政府有關。草案第2條修訂這條文,使註冊名稱亦不能暗示或故意暗示與香港政府有 關。
草案第3條删去原有條例第20A條內所提及的費用。有關這些費用的規定現载 於第八附表(草案第13條)。
4. 草案第4條修訂原有條例第38條,從而取消招股章程內不得附有照片或插圖 的規定。
5. 草案第5條修訂原有條例第157C條,將董事的最低年齡降至18歲。
6. 草案第6條更正原有條例第161條內錯誤提及的條文。
7. 草案第7條删去原有條例第227D 條內一項不必要的定義。
8. 草案第8條修訂原有條例第233條,從而規定:假如一項有償債能力的聲明是在 通過將公司清盤議案之日但於該議案通過之前作出,則該項聲明亦屬有效。
9. 草案第9條修訂原有條例第265條,將在保險公司清盤時可根據保險合約索償的 人上加列為可優先獲償還債務的債權人。
10. 草案第10條修訂原有條例第294條,從而規定破產管理官可將公司清盤帳內的 盈餘款項進行投資,以增加政府一般收入,而在有關的過程中,毋須牽涉庫務署署長。
11. 草案第11條修訂原有條例第305條,從而規定:如將一份在公司註册官辦事處 存放及登記並經公司註冊官認證屬實的文件副本或文件其中的一部分早堂,法庭得予以接 納而毋須經進一步證明。除非能提出相反證據,否則該文件須被視為經公司註冊官認證屬 實的文件副本或文件其中的一部分。
12. 原有條例第333條規定在香港設有營業地點的海外公司注册,須將其註冊成立證 明書經認證的副本向公司註冊官登記備案。草案第12條修訂原有條例第333條,使這類 公司在某些情況下,可改以其他足以證明其已註冊成立的文件向公司註冊官登記備案。
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草案第13條修訂第八附表,從而訂定與週年報表及公司名稱有關的新費用。
14. 本草案對政府開支及人手需求均没有影響。
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