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Definition of Joint- Stock Company.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TMп MARCII, 1866.
Requisitions for Re-
gistration by Com-
IV. For the Purposes of this Ordinance so far as the saune relates to the Description of Companies empowered to register as Companies limited by Shares, a Joint-Stock Company shall be deemed to be a Company having a permanent paid-up or nominal Capital of fixed Amount, divided into Shares, also of fixed Amount, or held and transfer- able as Stock, or divided and held partly in one way and partly in the other, and formed on the Principle of having for its Members the Holders of Shares in such Capital, or the Holders of such Stock, and no other Persons; and such Company when registered with Limited Liability under "The Companies Ordinance 1865," shall be deemed to be a Company limited by Shares.
V. Previously to the Registration in pursuance of this Ordinance of any Joint-Stock Bites in purtance of Company there shall be delivered to the Registrar of Companies the following Documents
(that is to say),-
this Ordinance.
Requisitions for the Registration of Com-
Stock Companies.
(1.) A List shewing the Names, Addresses, and Occupations of all Persons who on a Day named in such List, and not being more than Six clear Days before the Day of Registration, were Members of such Company, with the Addition of the Shares, held by such Persons respectively, distinguishing, in Cases where such Shares are numbered, each Share by its Number:
(2.) A Copy of any Ordinance, Royal Charter, Letters Patent, Deed of Settlement, Contract of Copartnery, or other Instrument constituting or regulating the Company:
(3.) If any such Joint-Stock Company is intended to be registered as a Limited Company, the above List and Copy shall be accompanied by a Statement spe- cifying the following Particulars; that is to say,
The nominal Capital of the Company and the Number of Shares into which it is divided:
The Number of Shares taken and the Amount paid on each Share:
The Name of the Company, with the Addition of the word "Limited” as the last Word thercof:
With the Addition, in the Case of a Company intended to be registered as a Company limited by Guarantee, of the Resolution declaring the Amount of the Guarantee.
VI. Previously to the Registration in pursuance of this Ordinance of any Company panies not being Joint- not being a Joint-Stock Company there shall be delivered to the Registrar a List shewing the Names, Addresses, and Occupations of the Directors or other Managers (if any) of the Company, also a Copy of any Ordinance, Letters Patent, Deed of Settlement, Contract, of Copartnery or other Instrument constituting or regulating the Company, with the Addition, in the case of a Company intended to be registered as a Company limited by Guarantee, of the Resolution declaring the Amount of Guarantee.
Power for Company to register Amount of Stock instead of Shares.
Authentication of
panies.
VII. Where a Joint-Stock Company authorized to register in pursuance of this Ordinance has had the whole or any Portion of its Capital converted into Stock, such Company shall, as to the Capital so converted, instead of delivering to the Registrar a Statement of Shares, deliver to the Registrar a Statement of the Amount of Stock belong. ing to the Company and the Names of the Persons who were Holders of such Stock, on some Day to be named in the Statement, not more than Six clear Days before the Day of Registration.
VIII. The Lists of Members and Directors and any other Particulars relating to the Statements of Com- Company hereby required to be delivered to the Registrar shall be verified by a De- claration of the Directors of the Company delivering the same, or any Two of them, or of any Two other principal Officers of the Company, made in pursuance of the Act, 5 and 6 Will. 4 c. 62 (Imperial.)
Registrar may re-
IX. The Registrar may require such Evidence as he thinks necessary for the Pur- quire Evidence as to pose of satisfying himself whether an existing Company is or not a Joint-Stock Company
as hereinbefore defined.
Nature of Company.
Exemption of cer-
X. No Fees shall be charged in respect of the Registration in pursuance of this tain Companies from Ordinance of any Company in Cases where such Company is not registered as a Limited Company, or where previously to its being registered as a Limited Company, the Liability of the Shareholders was limited by some other Ordinance or by Letters Patent.
Payment of Fees.
Registration Fees.
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XI. The Fees to be charged for the Registration of any Company in pursuance
of this Ordinance except such Companies as are by the last preceding Section exempted from Payment of Fees in respect of such Registration, shall be the same as are payable for
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