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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 25, 1913.

Amendment

of section 83 of Principal

Ordinance.

Amendment

of section $4 of Principal

Ordinance.

Amendment

(c.) A ledger or other book or books in which shall be entered each to its proper account the trans- actions recorded in the cash book and journal so as to show the financial relations of the Company with every party with whom it has dealings and the financial position of the Com- pany itself."

10. Section 83 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the insertion of the words "must be in the English language and" after the word "Company" in the third line of sub-section (1).

11. Section 84 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the insertion of the words "in the English language "between the words "statement" and "in" the fifth line of sub-section (1).

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12. Section 89 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby of section 89 amended by the deletion of the words "which does not issue a prospectus inviting the public to subscribe for its shares" at the end of sub-section (6).

of Principal

Ordinance.

Amendment of section 99 of Principal Ordinance.

Amendment

of section 103 of Principal Ordinance.

Amendment of section 109 of Principal Ordinance

Amendment of section 113 of Principal Ordinance.

13. Section 90 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following sub- section :-

“(4.) Any return, contract in writing, particulars of contract or other document required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies nuder the provisions of this section shall be in the English language.”

14. Section 103 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the insertion of the words "the Company and after the word "refused," at the end of the first line of sub- section (2).

15. Section 109 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended by the insertion of the words "in the English language" between the words "statement" and "in" in the sixth line of sub-section (1).

16. Section 113 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby amended :--

(a.) by the insertion of the following sub-sec-

tion, to be numbered (1) :—

"The Registrar shall prepare and pub- lish by notification in the Gazette a list of the names of all such persons who, having made application to be appointed auditors for the purposes of this Ordinance, are in his opinion qualified to perform the duties required by this Ordinance to be performed by an auditor. The Registrar may in his

discretion add to such list the names of any other persons whom he may deem to be qualified, as aforesaid, and he may re- move from such list any of such names. All such alterations shall be published in the Gazette. Such list as altered from time to time shall be deemed to be the list of authorised auditors, and no person other than those whose names are included in such list shall be appointed to be an au- ditor under the provisions of this Ordi- nance. Any decision of the Registrar under this sub-section shall be subject to appeal to the Court.”

(5.) by the re-numbering of sub-sections (1), (2), (6), (44), (5), (6) and (7) as (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8).

(r.) by the addition at the end of sub-section

(5) of the following proviso:-

"Provided further that if the name of the retiring auditor is not included in the list of authorized auditors no such notice as is provided for in this sub-section shall be required."

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