### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

653B. Law enforcement officer
(1) Each of the following is a law enforcement officer for the purposes of this Division—
(a) an officer of the Companies Registry;
(b) an officer of the Customs and Excise Department;
(c) an officer of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority;
(d) an officer of the Hong Kong Police Force;
(e) an officer of the Immigration Department;
(f) an officer of the Inland Revenue Department;
(g) an officer of the Insurance Authority established under section 4AAA(1) of the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41);
(h) an officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption established under section 3 of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance (Cap. 204);
(i) an officer of the Securities and Futures Commission referred to in section 3(1) of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571);
(j) an officer of any department or agency of the Government, or of any statutory body, that is specified by the Financial Secretary by regulations made under section 653ZG(1)(b) for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) In subsection (1)—
statutory body (法定團體) means a body established or constituted by or under the authority of an Ordinance.

653C. Registrable person
(1) If a natural person or specified entity has significant control over an applicable company, the person or entity is a registrable person of the company.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a natural person or specified entity that has significant control over an applicable company is not a registrable person of the company if the condition specified in subsection (3) is satisfied.
(3) The condition is that the natural person or specified entity has significant control over the company only because—
(a) the person or entity holds or has rights or shares in the company through a registrable legal entity of the company (entity A

653D. Registrable legal entity
A legal entity is a registrable legal entity of an applicable company if the entity—
(a) is a member of the company; and
(b) has significant control over the company.

Note—
See also section 653E and Schedule 5A which provide for the criteria for determining whether a person has significant control over an applicable company.

653E. How to determine whether person has significant control over applicable company
A person has significant control over an applicable company if the person meets one or more of the conditions specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5A in relation to the company.

653F. Registrable change
There is a registrable change with respect to a person if—
(a) the person ceases to be a significant controller of an applicable company; or
(b) any other change results in any particulars entered in the company’s significant controllers register for the person being incorrect or incomplete.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

653G. Related person
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a provision of this Division provides that if a requirement of a notice given to a legal entity is not complied with (failure

653H. Keeping of register
(1) Each applicable company must keep a register of its significant controllers.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to an applicable company even if the company does not have a significant controller.
(3) The significant controllers register of an applicable company must be kept in the English or Chinese language.
(4) If subsection (1) 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 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $700 for each day during which the offence continues.

653I. Contents of register
(1) The significant controllers register of an applicable company must contain the following particulars of each person that the company knows to be a significant controller of the company—
(a) the particulars prescribed in Schedule 5B that are applicable to the person; and
(b) for a registrable change with respect to the person—
(i) details of the change; and
(ii) the date on which the change occurs.
(2) The register must also contain—
(a) the name and contact details of at least one person designated by the company under section 653ZC; and
(b) all the additional matters required to be noted in the register under Schedule 5C in relation to the company.
(3) If subsection (1)(a) or (b) or (2)(a) or (b) 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.
(4) To avoid doubt, section 634 does not affect what may be contained or entered in the significant controllers register of an applicable company.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

653J. Entering of particulars in register—registrable person
(1) The particulars required under section 653I(1)(a) to be contained in the significant controllers register of an applicable company for a natural person or specified entity—
(a) must not be entered in the register unless they are all confirmed by the person or entity; and
(b) must be entered in the register within 7 days after they have all been so confirmed.
(2) The particulars required under section 653I(1)(b) to be contained in the significant controllers register of an applicable company for a registrable change with respect to a natural person or specified entity—
(a) must not be entered in the register unless they are all confirmed by the person or entity; and
(b) must be entered in the register within 7 days after they have all been so confirmed.
(3) If subsection (1)(a) or (b) or (2)(a) or (b) 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.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a particular of a natural person or specified entity is or has been confirmed by that person or entity only if the particular is or has been—
(a) provided or confirmed by that person or entity; or
(b) provided or confirmed by another person with that natural person’s or specified entity’s knowledge.

653K. Entering of particulars in register—registrable legal entity
(1) A particular required under section 653I(1) to be contained in the significant controllers register of an applicable company for a legal entity must be entered in the register within 7 days after the particular comes to the notice of the company.
(2) 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.

653L. When may entries in register be destroyed
If a person ceases to be a significant controller of an applicable company, all the entries in the company’s significant controllers register relating to the person may be destroyed—
(a) for a natural person or specified entity—after the end of a period of 6 years from the date on which the person or entity ceased to be the company’s registrable person; and
(b) for a legal entity—after the end of a period of 6 years from the date on which the entity ceased to be the company’s registrable legal entity.