Hong Kong Ordinances

COMPANIES ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Conclusiveness of certificate of incorporation

(Past version on 13/02/2004).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A certificate of incorporation issued by the Registrar in respect of any
association shall be conclusive evidence that all the requirements of this
Ordinance in respect of registration and of matters precedent and incidental
thereto have been complied with, and that the association is a company
authorized to be registered and duly registered under this Ordinance. (Amended
83 of 1995 s. 4)

(2) A statement of compliance in the incorporation form, certifying the
company's compliance with all or any of the requirements referred to in
subsection (1) and signed by a founder member or a person named in the
incorporation form as a director or secretary of the company, shall be
produced to the Registrar and the Registrar may accept the statement as
sufficient evidence of compliance. (Replaced 30 of 2004 s. 2) [cf. 1929 c. 23
s. 15 U.K.]