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No. 53 of 1911.
Short title.
*
Interpreta-tion of terms and applica-tion.
No. 1 of 1897.
No. 58 of 1911.
CHINESE PARTNERSHIPS.
No. 53 of 1911.
To provide for the Registration of Chinese Partnerships, and to enable Partners therein to register and thereby to limit
[In force 1st January, 1912.]
their liability.
1. The Chinese Partnerships Ordinance, 1911.
2.-(1) In this Ordinance,-
"Firm", "firm name" and "business" have the same meanings as in the Partnership Ordinance, 1897:
"Registered partner" means any partner, including a firm, a family tong or a body corporate who or which is registered as such under this Ordinance:
"Registrar of Companies" means the officer and his assistants appointed for the registration of companies under the Companies Ordinance, 1911:
"Full name", in the case of a person who carries on business in more than one name, includes all the names, whether t'ong names or otherwise, in which such person carries on business, and in the case of persons with Chinese names or of Chinese origin includes his surname and pit tsz (pi ming), and the place of his birth and the District in China to which he belongs:
"Hung kú shareholder" means a person who is registered as such in a registered partnership and who holds a hung kú, or red share, and is a person who is entitled to no interest on capital, but who shares with the partners the surplus profit after interest on capital has been paid.
(2) This Ordinance shall apply only to such partnerships carrying on business in the Colony as in the opinion of the Registrar of Companies can properly be described as Chinese partnerships.
Registration of Chinese partnerships and partners.
3. Chinese partnerships and partners therein may register in the manner and subject to the conditions by this Ordinance provided.
§
Conditions of registra-tion.
4.-(1) No partnership may register under this Ordinance unless one at least of its partners registers as a partner therein.
(2) Firms or family t'ongs may be registered as partners in a registered partnership, provided that a firm or family t'ong so registered...
* As amended by No. 16 of 1912.
§ As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
As amended by No. 16 of 1912, No. 17 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
2062
No. 53 of 1911.
Short title.
*
Interpreta- tion of terms
and applica-
tion.
No. 1 of 1897.
No. 58 of
1911.
CHINESE PARTNERSHIPS.
No. 53 of 1911.
To provide for the Registration of Chinese Partnerships, and to enable Partners therein to register and thereby to limit
[In force 1st January, 1912.]
their liability.
1. The Chinese Partnerships Ordinance, 1911.
2.-(1) In this Ordinance,-
re
""
Firm ", "firm name ings as in the Partnership Ordinance, 1897:
"Registered partner means any partner, including a firm, a family tong or a body corporate who or which is registered as such under this Ordinance:
and business have the same mean-
"Registrar of Companies" means the officer and his assistants appointed for the registration of companies under the Companies Ordinance, 1911 :
Full name ", in the case of a person who carries on business in more than one name, includes all the names, whether t'ong names or otherwise, in which such person carries on business, and in the case of persons with Chinese names or of Chinese origin includes his surname and pit tsz (), and the place of his birth and the District in China to which he belongs :
· Hung kú shareholder means a person who is registered as such in a registered partnership and who holds a hung kú, or red share, and is a person who is entitled to no interest on capital, but who shares with the partners the surplus profit after interest on capital has been paid.
(2) This Ordinance shall apply only to such partnerships carrying on business in the Colony as in the opinion of the Registrar of Companies can properly be described as Chinese partnerships.
Registration 3. Chinese partnerships and partners therein may register in the of Chinese partnerships manner and subject to the conditions by this Ordinance provided. and partners.
§
Conditions
of registra- tion.
4.-(1) No partnership may register under this Ordinance unless one at least of its partners registers as a partner therein.
(2) Firms or family t'ongs may be registered as partners in a registered partnership, provided that a firm or family t'ong so re-
* As amended by No. 16 of 1912.
As amended by No. 16 of 1912, No. 17 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912
Supp. Sched.
§ As amended by No. 50 of 1911.
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