MONEY-LENDERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS

MONEY-LENDERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS

MONEY-LENDERS.

MONEY-LENDERS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 163, section 4).
(Ordinance No. 16 of 1911).

[6th October, 1911.]

1. The Registrar of Companies shall be the Registrar
of Money-lenders.

2. The fee to be paid in respect of each registration
or renewal thereof, Whether such renewal arises in con-
sequence of the expiration of the period of one year after
which (by virtue of the provisions of subsection (2) Of
section 4 of the Ordinance) registration shall cease to have
effect, or in consequence of any change which may be made
during that period in respect of name or nanies, address
or addresses of the person or persons registered, or in any,
other particular, shall be the surn of fifty dollars.

3. The fee payable for the inspection of each separate
return on the register shall be the sum of one dollar, the
payment of which sum shall entitle any person inspecting
to receive a certified copy of any registered return.

4. Any application for exemption from registrition
under paragraph (d) of section 6 of the Ordinance, shall
be made on. foolscap paper in Foriri A in the Schedule
and shall be signed by some responsible officer or rnember,
as the casc may be, of the company, association of partner-
ship applying for such exemption.

5. Such application shall be accompanied-
(a)in the case of a registered company, by a copy
of the memorandum and articles of association,
and in other cases by a copy of the charter, deed
of settlement or other document of incorporation,
or by a copy of the partnership agreement, as the
case may be;
(b)by a copy of the reguiations governing the rights
of members;
(c) by a copy of the last balance sheet; ancl





(d)by an affidavit by some responsible officer or
member, as the case may be, of the company,
association or partnership setting out the nature of
the business and certifying that the copies for-
warded under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) are true
copies.

6. The Governor in Council may require, and the
company, association or- partnership (if so required) shall
supply, further information by affidavit, production of docu-
ments or otherwise as the Governor in Council may think
proper, concerning the constitution, objects and financial
position of the company, association or partnership and also
concerning the manner in which it has carried on its
business.

7. The Governor in Council may require and the
company, association or partnership (if so required) shall
cause notice of the application to be advertised in such
papers as the Governor in Council may prescribe.

8. If in the opinion of the Governor in Council the
company, association or partnership is a proper one for
exemption under the Ordinance, the Governor in Council
shall make an order exempting such company, 'association
or partnership froin registration under the Ordinance upon
such conditions and for such. period as the Governor in
Council mav think fit. Such order shall be in Form B in
the Scheduic and a copy of it shall be published in the
Gazette.

9. Upon the expiration of the period limited by any
order the company, association or partnership may make a
further application for renewal of the order of exemption
and the Governor in Council may thereupon make further
orders exempting the company, association or partnership
from registration upon such conditions and for such further
period as the Governor in Council may think fit.

10. The Governor in Council may at any time by order
revoke any order for exemption. A copy of such revoking
order shall be published in the Gazette and thereupon the
company, association or partnership shall cease to be
exempted from registration tinder the Ordinance.





11. These regulations may be cited as the Aloney-
lenders (Registration) Regulations.

SCHEDULE.

reg. 4.1 Fopm A.

The Money-lenders Ordinance.
(Chapter 163 of the Revised Edition).

APPLICATION FOR THE EXEMPTION OF A COMPANY, ASSOCIATION
OR PARTNERSHIP FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
ABOVE-MENTIONED ORDINANCE.
*Here insert oft
full name.
t Here insert being duly authorized
full address. in that behalf by~
* Here insert of which I am~
name of the and which carries on its business at**
company,
association or in the Colony of Hong
partnership. Kong, hereby make application to the Governor in
Here state
whether Council on behalf of the said*
Ys cretary.for an order exempting the saidT
rector orfrom registration as a money-lender, under the provisions
partner.
.. Here insertof the above-mentioned ordinance, upon the following
address of groundstt
business.
tt Here state
grnunds for . Dated this day of 19
exemption.
(Signed)

To the Clerk of Councils,
Colonial Secretariat,
Hong Kong.

[reg. 8.] FoRm B.

The Money-lenders Ordinance.
,(Chapter 163 of the Revised Edition).

ORDER OF EXEMPTION.

In pursuance of the *powers conferred by paragraph (d) of
section 6 of the Money-lenders Ordinance, Chapter 163 of the Revised
Edition, it is hereby ordered by the Governor in Council that the
, whose address is
be exempted from registration as a money-lender under the pro-
visions of the said Ordinance for a period of
, from the day of the publication of this order
in the Gazette or until the earlier revocation.of this order by the
Governor in Council.
Regulations - Fraser, vol. 2, p. 682. (Cap. 163.) (Cap. 163.)

Regulations - Fraser, vol. 2, p. 682. (Cap. 163.) (Cap. 163.)

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