BUSINESS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

BUSINESS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

BUSINESS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

(Cap. 310, section 14)

[13 February 1959.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Business Registra-

tion Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

'branch registration certificate' means a certificate issued under section
6(3A) of the Ordinance;

'business registration certificate' means a certificate issued under
section 6(3) of the Ordinance.

3. Application for registration of a business under section 5 of the
Ordinance shall be made

(a)in the case of a business carried on by an individual in Form
1(a);

(b)in the case of a business carried on by a body corporate in
Form 1(b); and

(c)in the case of a business carried on by a partnership or other
body of persons in Form 1 (c).

Such application shall be forwarded in duplicate to the Commissioner.

4. (1) On receipt of an Application Form under regulation 3 the
Commissioner shall endorse the Application Form with

(a) a serial number; and

(b) the date of expiry of the business registration certificate.

(2) The Commissioner shall maintain a Register which shall consist
of Application Forms duly endorsed under paragraph (1), and shall
amend such Forms from time to time on receipt of information supplied
to him under section 8 of the Ordinance.

(3) The Commissioner shall endorse upon the Application Form
such information received by him under section 5(3) or 8 of the
Ordinance relating to a branch as he considers relevant.

5. (1) A business registration certificate and a branch registration
certificate shall be in Form 2.



(2) The Commissioner may upon payment of the fee prescribed
under regulation 7 issue a duplicate, which shall be in Form 2, of a
business registration certificate or a branch registration certificate.

6. An application for exemption under section 9 of the Ordinance
shall be in Form 3, and shall be forwarded to the Commissioner.





7. (1) The fee for the issue of a certified copy or extract of
documents under section 19 of the Ordinance shall be $45.

(2) The fee for the issue of a duplicate business registration
certificate or a duplicate branch registration certificate under regulation
5 shall be $15.

8. The following businesses shall be exempt from the provisions of
the Ordinance

(a) the business of bootblack;

(b)business carried on by such hawkers as require licences for
the carrying on of such businesses under the Hawker By-laws,
Hawker (New Territories) Regulations or the Marine Hawkers
Ordinance, other than businesses carried on inside the main
structure of any building.

9. The Forms referred to in these regulations shall be as set out
below

Serial No . .................................

FORM 1(a) [reg. 3.]
BUSINESS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS
Application by an individual for registration qf business (es)
carried on by him in Hong Kong
SECTION A.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Business Registration Ordinance, I do hereby
certify that the particulars set out below are true and that they constitute a
complete record of all businesses carried on by me in Hong Kong and of all places
in Hong Kong where such businesses are carried on and that 1 have no partners in
any of the said businesses.

(a) Full name and all aliases ........................................................

(b) Identity Card Serial Number.......................

(c) Residential address ........................................................

(d) Business carried on:

(1) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of

business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which

the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of

business ..................................

(e) Date commenced ........................................................
(2) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of

business ........................................................





(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which
the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of
business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced........................................................
(3) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of
business ....................................................

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which
the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of
business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced........................................................
(4) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of
business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which
the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of
business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced........................................................
(5) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of
business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which
the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of
business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced........................................................
(6) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of
business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which
the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of
business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced ........................................................

Date: .................................................................

Signed: ..............................................................

SECTION B.
For official use only.





Serial No . .................................

FORM 1(b) [reg. 3.]
BUSINESS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS
Application by a body registration

A company which is incorporated in Hong Kong or to which Part X1
of the Companies Ordinance applies is deemed to be a person car~ying
on business and is liable to he registered under the Business Registration
Ordinance, unless exempted under section 16.

SECTION A.

Pursuant to the Business Registration Ordinance, 1 certify that the particulars
set out below are true and that they include a complete record of all businesses
carried on in Hong Kong by the
..................................................................................................

......................................................................

of which I am
..............................................................................................................
and of all places in Hong Kong at which such businesses are carried on.

1. Address of registered office (if
body corporate incorporated in

Hong Kong) ........................................................

2.Name and address of person or persons resident in Hong Kong whose
particulars have been delivered to Registrar of Companies (if body
corporate is one to which Part XI of the Companies Ordinance applies)

............................

3.Date of incorporation in Hong
Kong or date on which section 333
of the Companies Ordinance was

complied with ........................................................
4. Business(es) carried on (if any) ........................................................

4: 1(a) Name under which carried

on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place

of business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other
places in Hong Kong at
which the business is

carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of

business ......

(e) Date commenced ........................................................

4: 2(a) Name under which carried

on ........................................................


(b) Address of principal place

of business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other
places in Hong Kong at
which the business is

carried on ......
.................................................

(d) Description and nature of

business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced ........................................................





4: 3(a) Name under which carried

on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place

of business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other
places in Hong Kong at
which the business is

carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of

business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced ........................................................

(Continue on separate sheet if necessary)

Date:
...........................................................................................................................

Full name and residential address of person certifying this form: ..............................

Signed:
........................................................................................................................

Designation:
...............................................................................................................

(i.e. managing director, director, secretary,
etc.)

SECTION B.

For official use only.

Serial No . .................................

FORM I(c) [reg 3.]

BUSINESS REGISTRATION
REGULATIONS

Application by firm or by other body unincorporate for
registration
of business (es) carried on by such body in Hong Kong

SECTION A.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Business Registration Ordinance, I do hereby
certify that the particulars set out below are true and that they constitute a
complete record of all businesses carried on in Hong Kong by the
........................................... of which I am
.............................................................................................................. and of all
such places in Hong Kong at which such businesses are carried on, and that I have
listed below all the partners of the said firm.

(a) Address of principal place of business ........................................................

(b) Name and residential address of

manager ........................................................







(c) Business carried on:

(1) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of

business .........................................

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which

the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of

business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced ........................................................





(2) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of
business

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which

the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of

business ........................................................
(e) Date commenced........................................................

(3) (a) Name under which carried on ........................................................

(b) Address of principal place of

business ........................................................

(c) Addresses of all other places
within Hong Kong at which

the business is carried on ........................................................

(d) Description and nature of
business

(e) Date commenced ........................................................

(Continue on separate sheet if necessary)

(d) Partners:

(1) (a) Name
(b) Aliases

(c) Identity Card Serial Number ........................................................

(d) Residential address

(2) (a) Name

(b) Aliases ........................................................
(c) Identity Card Serial Number ........................................................
(d) Residential address ........................................................
(3) (a) Name ........................................................

(b) Aliases

(c) Identity Card Serial Number ........................................................
(d) Residential address ........................................................

(4) (a) Name

(b) Aliases ........................................................
(c) Identity Card Serial Number ........................................................
(d) Residential address ........................................................
(5) (a) Name ........................................................
(b) Aliases ........................................................
(c) Identity Card Serial Number ........................................................
(d) Residential address ........................................................

(6) (a) Name







(b) Aliases ........................................................
(c) Identity Card Serial Number ........................................................
(d) Residential address ........................................................

Date: ..........................

Signed: .......................................................................................

...... . ..... . .

Capacity in which signing.................

(i.e. partner, manager, agent, etc.)

SECTION B.

For official use only.





ORIGINAL
DUPLICA TE

FORm 2 [reg. 5.]

BUSINESS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE

(Chapter 310)

BUSINESS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

BusinessIBranch Registration Certificate

Name of Business ......................................

Address .......................................................................................................................

Nature of Business ......................................................................................................

Status ....................................................................

Date of Expiry

Valid until.Cert~ficaie No. Fee and levy

......... .................... .............

RECEIVED FEE AND
LEVY HERE STATED
IN PRINTED FIGURES $

FORm 3 [reg. 6]

BUSINESS REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

B. R. No . ...................................

Clairn for exemptionfrom payment offee and levy
under section 9 of the Business Registration Ordinance

I ...............of .............................................

carrying on the business of ....... ..........................................

at ....................wish to apply for exemption from

payment of the fee and levy in respect of the business registration certificate for the
above business for the year commencing
....................................................................
and I solemnly and sincerely declare as follows,-

1....................I am the of the above described

(proprietor. Manager. &c. state

business and I do not carry on business at any address other than that
stated,

2. I have no other business other than the one described above.

3................................The average of total *sales/receipts for the last 6 months was $ ... p.m,

4. I fully understand that the above statement of my *total sales/receipts may
be investigated by an officer of the Inland Revenue Department and that I
am liable to prosecution if the amount stated is found to be false.











and I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true by virtue
of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance.

Declared by the above-named

......................................................................

at
............................................................
.............

Hong Kong
this ............day of .19 (Signature of declarant).

before me

Justice of the Peace.

If the business is non-trading i.e. a profession, or other calling or activity rendering services as distinct from
selling commodities state total receipts and delete the word sales.

FORm 4 [s. 4(2).]

BUSINESS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE
(Chapter 310)

Oath or Affirmation of Secrecy


I..........................................................................................................................
(full name)

of .............................................

(address)

an officer of the Inland Revenue Department. having been appointed to perform
duties under the Business Registration Ordinance, swear
solemnly and sincerely affirm
that I will at all times preserve and aid in preserving secrecy with regard to all
matters
relating to the affairs of any person which may come to my knowledge in the
performance of my duties under the said Ordinance and. save where expressly
authorized by any enactment, will not (except in the performance of my duties under
the said Ordinance) communicate any such matter to any person, other than the
person to whom such matter relates or his authorized representative, nor suffer or
permit any person to have access to any record in the possession, custody or control
of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue.

SWORN at

Affirmed at
..................................................................
...

Hong Kong this .......day of

............... ........

Before me,

.................

Justice of the Peace.







Delete whichever is not applicable.
G.N.A. 8/59. L.N. 1/73. L.N. 64/74. 30 of 1974. L.N. 95/76. 27 of 1976. 23 of 1980. L.N. 1/83. 56 of 1984. Citation. Interpretation. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Application for registration. Form 1(a). Form 1(b). Form 1(c). The Register. 56 of 1984, s. 20. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Business and branch registration certificates. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Form 2. Application for exemption. Form 3. Fees. L.N. 64/74. 30 of 1974, s. 5. 23 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 1/83. L.N. 1/83. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Exemptions. 56 of 1984, s. 20. (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) (Cap. 160.) Forms. 56 of 1984, s. 20. L.N. 95/76. 27 of 1976, s. 4. 56 of 1984, s. 20. 56 of 1984, s. 20. 56 of 1984, s. 20. L.N. 1/73. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 1/73.

G.N.A. 8/59. L.N. 1/73. L.N. 64/74. 30 of 1974. L.N. 95/76. 27 of 1976. 23 of 1980. L.N. 1/83. 56 of 1984. Citation. Interpretation. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Application for registration. Form 1(a). Form 1(b). Form 1(c). The Register. 56 of 1984, s. 20. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Business and branch registration certificates. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Form 2. Application for exemption. Form 3. Fees. L.N. 64/74. 30 of 1974, s. 5. 23 of 1980, s. 2. L.N. 1/83. L.N. 1/83. 56 of 1984, s. 20. Exemptions. 56 of 1984, s. 20. (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) (Cap. 160.) Forms. 56 of 1984, s. 20. L.N. 95/76. 27 of 1976, s. 4. 56 of 1984, s. 20. 56 of 1984, s. 20. 56 of 1984, s. 20. L.N. 1/73. (Cap. 11.) L.N. 1/73.

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