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"The registrar of companies,' or, when used in relation to registration of companies, "the registrar," means the registrar or other officer performing under this Ordinance the duty of registration of companies at Hong Kong or Shanghai as the case may require;

"Share" means share in the share capital of a company, and includes stock except where a distinction between stock and shares is express- ed or implied;

"Table A" means Table A in the First Schedule to

this Ordinance.

(2) A person shall not be deemed to be within the meaning of any provision in this Ordinance a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a company are accustomed to act, by reason only that the directors of the company act on advice given by him in a professional capacity.

PART XIV.

CHINA COMPANIES AND HONG KONG CHINA COMPANIES,

349.--(1) There shall be a register and registrar Establish- of companies at Shanghai.

ment of register and registrar of companies at Shanghai.

(2) All acts done within the limits of the China Validity of Orders in Council, in pursuance of the provisions of acts done this Ordinance by, to, with, or before the registrar by or before

Shanghai of companies at Shanghai shall, subject to the registrar. provisions of the China Orders in Council, be of the same force and validity as if they had been done by, to, with, or before the registrar of companies.

(3) All documents and other written information Filing of which a company is required by this Ordinance to documents. file with the registrar of companies shall in the case of a China company be filed with the registrar of companies at Shanghai, and a copy of all such docu- ments and other written information shall in the case of a Hong Kong China Company be filed with the registrar of companies at Shanghai.

(4) All fees which a company is required by this Fees in case Ordinance to pay to the registrar of companies shall of China in the case of a China company be paid to the First registrar of companies at Shanghai,

company.

Schedule Table B.

350.-(1) The promoters of every intended Hong Notice to Kong China company, and of every intended China be given by company shall on or before the date of delivery for companies." registration of the memorandum and articles of the company send notice in writing to the registrar of companies and to the registrar of companies at Shanghai of the place from which the operations of the company are intended to be directed and con- trolled.

If the promoters make default in complying with the provisions of this paragraph, every promoter of the company in question shall be liable to a fine not ex- ceeding fifty dollars for each day of the company's existence up to the date on which the said promoters or the company shall give notice in writing to the registrar of companies and to the registrar of com- panies at Shanghai of the place from which the operations of the company are intended to be directed and controlled.

Every Hong Kong China company and every China company shall, in the event of any change occurring in the place from which its operations are directed and controlled, send notice in writing of such change to the registrar of companies and to the registrar of companies at Shanghai, within one month of such change occurring

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