### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

649. Right to inspect and request copy
(1) A member of a company is entitled, on request made in the prescribed manner and without charge, to inspect the register of company secretaries of the company in accordance with regulations made under section 657.
(2) Any other person is entitled, on request made in the prescribed manner and on payment of the prescribed fee, to inspect the register in accordance with regulations made under section 657.
(3) A person is entitled, on request and on payment of a prescribed fee, to be provided with a copy of the register, or any part of it, in accordance with regulations made under section 657.

650. Particulars of company secretaries to be registered
(1) The register of company secretaries of a company must contain the following particulars with respect to the company secretary or, if there are joint company secretaries, with respect to each of them—
(a) if the company secretary is a natural person—
(i) the present forename and surname, former forename or surname (if any), and aliases (if any);
(ii) the correspondence address; and
(iii) the number of the identity card or, if the company secretary does not have an identity card, the number and issuing country of any passport held by the company secretary; and
(b) if the company secretary is a body corporate, the corporate name and the address of its registered or principal office.
(2) If all the partners in a firm are joint company secretaries of a company, the name and principal office of the firm may be stated instead of the particulars mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b).
(3) In this section—
forename (名字) includes a Christian or given name;
surname (姓氏), for a person usually known by a title different from the person’s surname, means that title.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(ii), a correspondence address must be a place in Hong Kong and must not be a post office box number.
(5) In this section, a reference to a former forename or surname does not include—
(a) in relation to a person—
(i) a forename or surname that was changed or ceased to be used before the person attained the age of 18 years; and
(ii) a forename or surname that has been changed or ceased to be used for a period of at least 20 years;
(b) in relation to a person usually known by a title different from the person’s surname, the name by which the person was known before the adoption of or succession to the title; and
(c) in relation to a married woman, a name or surname by which she was known before her marriage.
(6) The Financial Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5).

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

651. Protection of identification number from inspection
(1) Despite section 649(1), (2) and (3), a company may withhold the number of the identity card or passport of a company secretary contained in its register of company secretaries from a person who inspects the register or requests for a copy of it or any part of it.
(2) A company may only exercise the power under subsection (1) in the prescribed manner and to the prescribed extent.

652. Duty to notify Registrar of appointment and change
(1) If a person or persons are appointed as company secretary or joint company secretaries of a company otherwise than under section 474(2) or (3), the company must, within 15 days after the appointment, deliver to the Registrar for registration a notice in the specified form containing the company secretary’s or joint company secretaries’ particulars specified in its register of company secretaries.
(2) If a person ceases to be a company secretary of the company or there is any change in the particulars contained in the register of company secretaries of a company, the company must, within 15 days after the cessation or change, deliver to the Registrar for registration a notice in the specified form containing—
(a) the particulars of the cessation or change and the date on which it occurred; and
(b) any other particulars that are specified in the form.
(3) If a company contravenes subsection (1) or (2), the company, and every responsible person of the company, commit an offence, and each is liable to a fine at level 4 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $700 for each day during which the offence continues.

653. Duty of company secretary to make disclosure
(1) A company secretary of a company must give notice to the company of matters relating to the company secretary that are required for the purposes of sections 650 and 652.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 4.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

653A. Interpretation
In this Division—
applicable company (適用公司) means a company other than—(a) a listed company; or
(b) a company that falls within a type of company, or class of companies, exempted by regulations made under section 653ZG(1)(a);

commencement date (生效日期) means the date of commencement of this Division;
existing company (原有公司) means a company that came into existence before the commencement date;
function (職能) includes a power and a duty;
law enforcement officer (執法人員)—see section 653B;
legal entity (法律實體)—(a) means a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, that is a legal person under the law that governs it; but
(b) does not include a specified entity;

prescribed (訂明) means prescribed by regulations made under section 657;
registrable change (須登記更改)—see section 653F;
registrable legal entity (須登記法律實體)—see section 653D;
registrable person (須登記人士)—see section 653C;
related person (有關連人士)—see section 653G;
required particulars (所需詳情) means the particulars prescribed in Schedule 5B;
significant control (重大控制權)—see section 653E;
significant controller (重要控制人) means—(a) a registrable person of an applicable company; or
(b) a registrable legal entity of an applicable company;

significant controllers register (重要控制人登記冊) means the register mentioned in section 653H(1);
specified entity (指明實體) means—(a) a corporation sole;
(b) a government of a country or territory, or part of a country or territory;
(c) an international organization whose members include 2 or more countries or territories (or their governments); or
(d) a local authority or local government in a country or territory;

specified function (指明職能), in relation to a law enforcement officer, means a function of the officer under the law of Hong Kong that is a function relating to the prevention, detection or investigation of money laundering, or terrorist financing, as defined by section 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (Cap. 615).