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Interpretation

5, c. 23, s. 380.

348.—(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context Interpreta- otherwise requires, the following expressions have tion. the meanings hereby assigned to them (that is to 19 & 20 Geo. say):-

"Annual return means the return required to be made, in the case of a company having a share capital, under section one hundred and seven, and, in the case of a company not having a share capital, under section one hundred and eight, of this Ordinance;

"Articles" means the articles of association of a company, as originally framed or as altered by special resolution, including, so far as they apply to the company, the regulations contained Ordinance in Table A in the First Schedule annexed to the No. 1 of Companies Ordinance, 1865, or in that Table

1865.

as altered in pursuance of powers given under that Ordinance, or in Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance or in that Table as altered in pursuance of No. 58 of section one hundred and seventeen of the last 1911. mentioned Ordinance, or in Table A in the First Schedule to this Ordinance;

"Book and paper" and "book or paper" include

accounts, deeds, writings, and documents: "Company" means a company formed and regis- tered under this Ordinance or an existing com- pany; "Existing company" means a company formed and registered under the Companies Ordinance, 1865, or the Companies Ordinance, 1911,. "China company" means a company, as defined by this section the operations of which are directed and controlled from a place within the limits of the China Orders in Council.

"China Orders in Council means the China Order in Council, 1925, and any Orders amending. read with, auxiliary to or substituted for the

same.

"The court" used in relation to a company means the court having jurisdiction to wind up the

company;

"Debenture" includes debenture stock, bonds and

any other securities of a

company whether constituting a charge on the assets of the com- pany or not;

"Director" includes any person occupying the position of director by whatever name called: "Document" includes summons, notice, order, and

other legal process, and registers:

"General rules" means general rules made under section two hundred and eighty-two of this Ordinance, and includes forms;

"Hong Kong China company means a company as defined by this section, which carries on some part of its business within the limits of the China Orders in Council and the operations of which are directed and controlled from some place in this Colony.

"Memorandum" means the memorandum of asso- ciation of a company, as originally framed or as altered in pursuance of any enactment; "Minister" means His Majesty's Minister in China, and includes Chargé d'affaires or other chief

diplomatic representative;

"Prescribed" means as respects the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the winding-up of companies, prescribed by general rules, and as respects the other provisions of this Ordinance, prescribed by the Governor in Council; "Prospectus" means any prospectus, notices, cir- cular, advertisement, or other invitation, offer- ing to the public for subscription or purchase any shares or debentures of a company;