### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

653M. Place at which register must be kept
(1) An applicable company must keep its significant controllers register at—
(a) the company’s registered office; or
(b) a prescribed place.
(2) The company must notify the Registrar in accordance with subsection (3) of the place at which its significant controllers register is kept.
(3) The notice—
(a) must be in the specified form; and
(b) must be delivered to the Registrar for registration within 15 days after the register is first kept at that place.
(4) An applicable company is not required to comply with subsection (2) if, since its significant controllers register came into existence, the register has at all times been kept at the company’s registered office.
(5) Without affecting subsection (4), an existing company is not required to comply with subsection (2) if—
(a) since the commencement date, the company’s register of members has at all times been kept at the place at which it was kept immediately before that date;
(b) since the company’s significant controllers register came into existence, the register has also at all times been kept at that place; and
(c) immediately before the commencement date, the company has delivered to the Registrar every notice that is required under section 628 in respect of its register of members.
(6) If subsection (1) or (2) is contravened, 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.

653N. Change in place at which register is kept
(1) An applicable company must notify the Registrar in accordance with subsection (2) of a change in the place at which its significant controllers register is kept.
(2) The notice—
(a) must be in the specified form; and
(b) must be delivered to the Registrar for registration within 15 days after the change.
(3) An applicable company is not required to comply with subsection (1) in relation to a change mentioned in that subsection if—
(a) its significant controllers register is kept at the company’s registered office; and
(b) the change is due to a change of the registered office’s address.
(4) If subsection (1) is contravened, 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.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

653O. Interpretation
(1) In this Subdivision—
specified particulars (指明詳情), in relation to a person—(a) means the particulars of the person falling within a description of the particulars prescribed in Schedule 5B; but
(b) if the person is a natural person, does not include—
(i) the number of an identity card of the person; and
(ii) the number and issuing country of a passport held by the person.

(2) In sections 653P, 653Q and 653R, a reference to knowing the identity of a person includes knowing any information from which the person can be identified.

653P. Company’s duty to investigate and obtain information
(1) An applicable company must take reasonable steps—
(a) to ascertain whether there is any significant controller of the company; and
(b) if any, to identify each of them.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), if the company knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that a person is a significant controller of the company, the company must give a notice, in accordance with section 653Q, to the person within 7 days after the first of the following to happen—
(a) the company first knows that the person is a significant controller of the company;
(b) the company first has reasonable cause to believe that the person is such a controller.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), if the company knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that a particular person knows the identity of another person who is a significant controller of the company, the company must give a notice, in accordance with section 653R, to the particular person within 7 days after the first of the following to happen—
(a) the company first knows that the particular person knows the identity of another person who is a significant controller of the company;
(b) the company first has reasonable cause to believe that the particular person knows the identity of another person who is such a controller.
(4) If subsection (1), (2) or (3) is contravened, the company, and every responsible person of the company, commit an offence, and each is liable to a fine at level 4.

Note—
See also section 653S which provides for the circumstances under which an applicable company is not required to comply with this section.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

653Q. Notice under section 653P(2)
(1) A notice given under section 653P(2) by an applicable company must be in writing and must require the addressee of the notice to confirm, as the case requires—
(a) whether or not the addressee is a registrable person of the company; or
(b) whether or not the addressee is a registrable legal entity of the company.
(2) The notice must—
(a) state that if the addressee confirms that the addressee is a registrable person or registrable legal entity of the company, the addressee is required to—
(i) confirm or correct the required particulars of the addressee that are included in the notice; and
(ii) provide any required particulars of the addressee that are missing from the notice; and
(b) require the addressee to—
(i) state whether or not the addressee knows the identity of another person who is a significant controller of the company; and
(ii) if the addressee knows the identity of such a person—
(A) provide to the company all the specified particulars of that person that are known to the addressee; and
(B) state whether or not the particulars are provided with that person’s knowledge.
(3) The notice must also state that the addressee must comply with the requirements made under this section within 1 month from the date of the notice.

653R. Notice under section 653P(3)
(1) A notice given under section 653P(3) by an applicable company must be in writing and must—
(a) require the addressee of the notice to confirm whether or not the addressee knows the identity of another person who is a significant controller of the company; and
(b) state that if the addressee confirms that the addressee knows the identity of such a person, the addressee is required to—
(i) provide to the company all the specified particulars of that person that are known to the addressee; and
(ii) state whether or not the particulars are provided with that person’s knowledge.
(2) The notice must also state that the addressee must comply with the requirements made under this section within 1 month from the date of the notice.