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COMPANIES.

No. 58 of 1911.

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(3) If a company carries on business without complying with the requirements of this section it shall be liable to a fine not exceed- ing 50 dollars for every day during which it so carries on business.

64.-(1) Every limited company—

(a) shall paint or affix, and keep painted or affixed, its name on Publication of name by the outside of every office or place in which its business is carried

a limited on, and on the outside of its registered office, in a conspicuous company. position, in letters easily legible;

(b) shall have its name mentioned in legible characters on its seal;

(c) shall have its name mentioned in legible characters in all notices, advertisements, and other official publications of the com- pany, 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;

(d) any limited company with a Chinese name or using a Chinese equivalent shall append thereto the Chinese characters A☎

(2) If a limited company does not paint or affix, and keep painted or affixed, its name in manner directed by this Ordinance, it shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars for not so painting or affixing its name, and for every day during which its name is not so kept painted or affixed, and every director and manager of the company who knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the default shall be liable to the like penalty.

(3) If any director, manager, or officer of a limited company, or any person on its behalf, uses or authorises the use of scal

any pur- porting to be a seal of the company whereon its name is not so engraven as aforesaid, or issues or authorises the issue of any notice, advertisement, or other official publication of the company, or signs or authorises to be signed on behalf of the company any bill or exchange, promissory note, endorsement, cheque, order for money or goods, or issues or authorises to be issued any bill of parcels, invoice, receipt, or letter of credit of the company, wherein its name is not mentioned in manner aforesaid, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, and shall further be personally liable to the holder of any such bill of exchange, pro-

* As amended by No. 17 of 1912.

8 Edw. 7 e. 69 s. 63.

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