### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

41. Registrar may rectify typographical or clerical error in Companies Register
(1) The Registrar may, on his or her own initiative, rectify a typographical or clerical error contained in any information on the Companies Register.
(2) The Registrar may, on application by a company, rectify a typographical or clerical error contained in any information relating to the company on the Companies Register.
(3) If, in relation to an application for the purposes of subsection (2), a document showing the rectification is delivered to the Registrar for registration, the Registrar may rectify the error by registering the document.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

43. Registrar may appear in proceedings for rectification
(1) In any proceedings before the Court for the purposes of section 42, the Registrar—
(a) is entitled to appear or be represented, and be heard; and
(b) must appear if so directed by the Court.
(2) Whether or not the Registrar appears in those proceedings, the Registrar may submit to the Court a statement in writing signed by the Registrar, giving particulars of the matters relevant to the proceedings and within the Registrar’s knowledge.
(3) Unless otherwise directed by the Court, a statement submitted under subsection (2) is to be regarded as forming part of the evidence in the proceedings.

44. Registrar may annotate Companies Register
(1) The Registrar may make a note in the Companies Register for the purpose of providing information in relation to—
(a) a rectification of an error contained in any information on the Companies Register under section 41;
(b) a rectification of any information on the Companies Register under section 42;
(c) a removal of any information from the Companies Register under section 42; or
(d) any other information on the Companies Register.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a note made under subsection (1) is part of the Companies Register.
(3) The Registrar may remove a note if the Registrar is satisfied that it no longer serves any useful purpose.

45. Registrar must make Companies Register available for public inspection
(1) The Registrar must make the Companies Register available for public inspection at all reasonable times so as to enable any member of the public—
(a) to ascertain whether the member of the public is dealing with—
(i) a company to which this subsection applies, or its directors or other officers, in matters of or connected with any act of the company;
(ii) a director or other officers of such a company in matters of or connected with the administration of the company, or of its property;
(iii) a person against whom a disqualification order has been made by a court;
(iv) a person who has entered into possession of the property of such a company as mortgagee;
(v) a person who is appointed as the provisional liquidator or liquidator in the winding up of such a company; or
(vi) a person who is appointed as the receiver or manager of the property of such a company; and
(b) to ascertain the particulars of the company, its directors or other officers, or its former directors (if any), or the particulars of any person mentioned in paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi).
(2) Subsection (1) applies to—
(a) a company falling within the definition of company 

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

46. Registrar’s certified true copy admissible as evidence
In any proceedings—
(a) a document purporting to be a copy of any information produced under section 45(4), and purporting to be certified by the Registrar as a true copy of the information, is admissible in evidence on its production without further proof; and
(b) on being admitted in evidence under paragraph (a), the document is proof of the information in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

47. Interpretation
In this Subdivision—
withheld address (不提供的地址) means an address withheld from public inspection under section 49(1)(a);
withheld identification number (不提供的身分識別號碼) means a number withheld from public inspection under section 49(1)(b);
withheld information (不提供的資料) means a withheld address or a withheld identification number.

48. Information excluded from public inspection by law or court order
The Registrar must not make available for public inspection under section 45 any information excluded from public inspection by or under an Ordinance or by an order of the court.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

50. Restriction on use or disclosure of withheld information
The Registrar must not use or disclose withheld information except—
(a) as permitted by section 51; or
(b) in accordance with section 52.

51. Permitted use or disclosure of withheld information by Registrar
(1) The Registrar may use—
(a) a withheld address for communicating with the director, reserve director or company secretary in question; or
(b) a withheld identification number for communicating with the person in question.
(2) The Registrar may use withheld information for the purpose of or in connection with the performance of the Registrar’s functions.
(3) The Registrar may, on application made for the purposes of this subsection, disclose withheld information to a person specified by regulations made under subsection (5)(e). A disclosure may only be made in accordance with regulations made under subsection (5).
(4) An application for the purposes of subsection (3) must—
(a) contain the information required by regulations made under subsection (5)(a);
(b) be accompanied by the documents required by regulations made under subsection (5)(b); and
(c) be accompanied by a fee prescribed by regulations made under subsection (5)(c).
(5) The Financial Secretary may make regulations—
(a) providing for the information to be contained in an application made for the purposes of subsection (3), including any information specified by the Registrar for such an application;
(b) providing for the documents to accompany such an application, including any document specified by the Registrar for such an application;
(c) prescribing the fees payable for the purposes of subsection (3) to accompany such an application;
(d) providing for the powers of the Registrar to require additional documents and information to be provided to the Registrar for the purposes of determining such an application;
(e) specifying the persons to whom withheld information may be disclosed; and
(f) providing for the conditions in accordance with which withheld information may be disclosed to such persons, including the extent to which such information may be disclosed to them.