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the limits of the China Orders in Council) to which all communications and notices may be addressed.

(2) Notice of the situation of the registered office, and of any change therein, shall be given within twenty-eight days after the date of the incorporation of the company or of the change, as the case may be, to the registrar of companies, who shall record the same.

The inclusion in the annual return of a company of a statement as to the address of its registered office shall not be taken to satisfy the obligation imposed by this subsection.

(8) If default is made in complying with this sec- tion, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a default fine.

93.-(1) Every company-

company.

(a) shall paint or affix, and keep painted or Publication affixed, its name on the outside of every office of name by or place in which its business is carried on, 19 & 20 Geo. in a conspicuous position, in letters easily 5, c. 23, legible;

(b) shall have its name engraven in legible

characters on its seal;

(c) shall have its name mentioned in legible characters in all notices, advertisments, and other official publications of the company, and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques, and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company, and in all bills of parcels, invoices, receipts, and letters of credit of the company.

(2) Every limited company (other than a company licensed to be registered without the addition of the word "Limited" to its name)—

(a) which exhibits outside or inside its registered office or outside or inside any office or place in which its business is carried on, or

(b) which uses on its seal, or

(c) which uses in any notice, advertisement or other official publication of the company, or in any contract, deed, bill of exchange, promis- sory note, indorsement, cheque, or order for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company, or in any bill of parcels, invoice, receipt or letter of credit of the company, or in any trade catalogue, trade circular, show card or business letter,-

any name of or for the company in Chinese characters, whether such name be a transliteration or translation of its name in the memorandum or not, shall append to such name so used in Chinese characters the Chinese characters RA(and, if a China company, shall also prefix thereto the Chinese characters }) =

Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor (in the case of any company other than a China company, and for the Minister in the case of any China com- pany), by licence to direct that such company shall be exempted, wholly or in part, from the requirements of this sub-section, and to revoke any such licence.

(8) If a company does not paint or affix its name in manner directed by this Ordinance, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and if a company does not keep its name painted or affixed in manner so directed, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a default fine.

s. 93.

A

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