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337. Every oversea company shall-

(a) in every prospectus inviting subscriptions for its shares or debentures in Hong Kong state the country in which the company is incorporated; and

(b) conspicuously exhibit on every place where it carries on business in Hong Kong the name of the company and the country in which the company is incorporated; and

(c) cause the name of the company and of the country in which the company is incorporated to be stated in legible characters in all bill-heads and letter paper, and in all notices and other official publications of the company, and, if the company is in liquidation in that country, in all advertisements of the company; and

(ca) where the company is in liquidation in the country in which it is incorporated, add the words and parentheses "(in liquidation)" after its name as exhibited under para- graph (b) and as stated in documents of the company under paragraph (c); and (Added, 6 of 1984, s. 233) (d) if the liability of the members of the company is limited, cause notice of that fact to be stated in legible characters in every such prospectus as aforesaid and in all bill-heads, letter paper, notices and other official publications of the company in Hong Kong and, if the company is in liquida- tion in the country in which it is incorporated, in all advertisements of the company in Hong Kong, and to be affixed on every place where it carries on its business.

(Amended, 6 of 1984, ss. 233 & 259)

337A. (1) Where any proceedings for the liquidation of an oversea company are commenced in the country in which it is incorporated, the company and the officers of the company in Hong Kong shall deliver to the Registrar notice of the commencement of such liquidation and, when a liquidator is appointed, notice of such appointment.

(2) Any notice required by subsection (1) to be delivered to the Registrar shall be so delivered within 7 days after the date on which such notice could, in due course of post and if despatched with due diligence from the country in which the company is incorporated, have been received in Hong Kong.

(3) The Registrar shall register every notice delivered under this section.

(Added, 6 of 1984, s. 234)

337B. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where the Registrar is satisfied that in the case of an oversea company registered under this Part and carrying on business in Hong Kong under its corporate name, its corporate name-

(a) is identical with the name-

Obligation to

state name of oversea company, whether limited and country where incorporated. 1929 c. 23, s. 348.

Notice of commencement of liquidation and of appointment of liquidator.

Regulation of use of corporate name by oversea company in Hong Kong. [cf. 1976 c. 69, s. 31.]