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Companies

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(ii) in the case of a body corporate, its corporate name and registered or principal office;

(b) with respect to the secretary or, where there are joint

secretaries, with respect to each of them--

(i) in the case of an individual, his present forename and surname, any former forename or surname, and his usual residential address; and

(ii) in the case of a body corporate, its corporate name and registered or principal office:

Provided that where all the partners in a firm are joint secretar- ies of the company, the name and principal office of the firm may be stated instead of the particulars mentioned in paragraph (b).

(3) The Registrar shall keep a register of oversea companies complying with this section and shall, upon registration of the documents required by subsection (1) to be delivered by an oversea company for registration, enter the name of the oversea company in the register and certify under his hand that such company is a company registered under this Part; and where any change is made in the corporate name of an oversea company, the Registrar shall, upon registration of a return delivered by the company under section 335(2), issue a fresh certificate containing the name of the company as so changed.

(4) In this section-

(a) references to solicitors are references to persons who are solicitors qualified to act as such under the Legal Practi- tioners Ordinance;

(b) references to professional accountants are references to persons who are registered as professional accountants and hold practising certificates under the Professional Accountants Ordinance;

(c) the expressions "forename", "residential address" and "surname" have the meanings respectively assigned thereto by section 158(10);

(d) references to a former forename or surname shall be

construed in accordance with section 158(10)(ƒ).

(5) Any oversea company which had, before the commence- ment* of the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 1984, complied with the provisions of this section in force immediately before such commencement shall be deemed to be an oversea company comply- ing with this section, and the Registrar shall enter the name of every such company in the register of oversea companies and certify under his hand that the company is a company registered under this Part; and for the purposes of this subsection and subsection (6), any oversea company which, before the commencement of that Ordin- ance, delivered to the Registrar for registration the documents and other information required to be so delivered under the provisions of this section in force immediately before such commencement shall be deemed to have complied with those provisions.

(Cap. 159.)

(Cap. 50.)

(6 of 1984.) (*31.8.84.]

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