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(a) enter any building or other premises in which a company to which this section applies carries on business;

(b) require any person whom he reasonably believes to be employed in connection with such business to produce for examination any book, account, voucher, record, receipt or other document which relates to such business and which is in his possession or under his control;

(c) examine and, if he thinks fit, take copies of, or copies of any entry in, any book, record or other document produced in pursuance of a requirement under this section;

(d) remove any such document for further examination; and

(e) question any director or servant of such company in relation to such business. (Replaced 72 of 1988 s. 21)

(2) All documents and copies thereof and all other information obtained under subsection (1) shall be treated as confidential and used only for the purposes set out in subsection (1).

(3) A person who is a director or a servant of a company to which this section applies shall assist and shall not obstruct a person exercising a power under this section. (Added 72 of 1988 s. 21)

(4) Any document removed in exercise of a power under this section shall be returned as soon as is reasonably practicable. (Added 72 of 1988 s. 21)

(5) Every person authorized by the Financial Secretary under subsection (1) shall be furnished with a copy of the authorization and when exercising a power under this Ordinance shall, if requested by any person thereby affected, produce such copy for inspection by the person. (Added 72 of 1988 s. 21)

(6) This section applies to a company which is either a licensee or a company which, by virtue of section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32), for the purposes of that Ordinance, is deemed to be a subsidiary of a licensee. (Added 72 of 1988 s. 21)

43. Licensee to submit audited accounts

(1) A licensee shall submit to the Financial Secretary not later than 6 months after the end of the accounting year of the licensee company audited accounts prepared in such manner and containing such details as may be approved and required by the Financial Secretary.

(2) Where a company is deemed under section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32) to be, for the purposes of that Ordinance, a subsidiary of a licensee, the licensee shall, not later than 6 months after the end of an accounting year of the company, submit, or cause to be submitted, to the Financial Secretary a copy of the company's audited accounts for that year. (Added 72 of 1988 s. 22)