### Business Registration Ordinance 《商業登記條例》

18. Amendment of Schedules
(1) The Legislative Council may by resolution amend Schedule 1.
(2) The Financial Secretary may by order published in the Gazette amend Schedule 2.
(Replaced 33 of 1994 s. 6)

### Business Registration Ordinance 《商業登記條例》

19. Certification and issue of documents
(1) The Commissioner shall, upon request by any person and on payment of the prescribed document fee, certify and issue to that person as soon as practicable— (Amended 3 of 1999 s. 13)
(a) a copy of a valid business registration certificate or a valid branch registration certificate;
(b) an extract of any information on the register. (Replaced 79 of 1992 s. 8)
(1A) An extract of information for the purpose of subsection (1)(b) may be supplied in any or any combination of the following—
(a) where the information is contained in a form submitted to the Commissioner under this Ordinance or the Business Regulation Ordinance 1952 (14 of 1952), by supplying a copy of the form;
(b) where the information is contained in a microfilm image of a form referred to in paragraph (a), by supplying a copy of the microfilm image in printed form; or
(c) where the information is recorded on a computer, by supplying such information in printed form,
as the Commissioner sees fit, and where an extract of information is supplied under paragraph (c) the Commissioner’s certificate for the purpose of subsection (1) shall state that the information supplied corresponds to information submitted to him under this Ordinance and shall state the section of the Ordinance pursuant to which the information was so submitted. (Added 79 of 1992 s. 8)
(2) A copy of any certificate or extract of any information certified by the Commissioner to be a true copy or extract thereof shall be, in all legal proceedings civil or criminal, prima facie evidence as to the facts stated therein. Any such copy or extract purporting to be certified by the Commissioner shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to be certified by him. (Amended 79 of 1992 s. 8)
(3) In this section, computer (電腦) means any device for storing, processing or retrieving information. (Added 79 of 1992 s. 8)

19A. Supply of extract of information in uncertified form
(1) The Commissioner shall, upon request by any person and on payment of the prescribed document fee, supply to that person as soon as practicable an extract of any information on the register in uncertified form.
(2) An extract of information for the purpose of subsection (1) may be supplied in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner sees fit.
(Added 3 of 1999 s. 14)

### Business Registration Ordinance 《商業登記條例》

19B. Purpose of sections 19 and 19A
The purpose of sections 19 and 19A is to enable any person to ascertain whether a business is registered under this Ordinance and the particulars of the businesses so registered.
(Added 13 of 2010 s. 16)

20. Service of notices
Any notice to be served under this Ordinance may be served by delivering a copy—
(a) personally; or
(b) by post addressed to the last known business, residential or other correspondence address of the person to be served. (Replaced 3 of 1999 s. 15)

21. Payment of levy
The Commissioner shall, subject to any refund of levy to be made under this Ordinance, pay all moneys received from the levy to the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund.
(Replaced 12 of 1985 s. 29 (1) )

### Business Registration Regulations 《商業登記規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Business Registration Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“branch registration certificate” (分行登記證) means a certificate issued under section 6(3A) of the Ordinance;
“business registration certificate” (商業登記證) means a certificate issued under section 6(3) of the Ordinance; (13 of 2010 s. 19)
“digital signature” (數碼簽署) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553). (13 of 2010 s. 19)
(56 of 1984 s. 20)

3. Application for registration
(1) A business registration application (other than a simultaneous business registration application) or a branch registration application must be made to the Commissioner— (13 of 2010 s. 20)
(a) in the case of a business carried on by an individual in Form 1(a);
(b) in the case of a business carried on by a body corporate in Form 1(b);
(c) in the case of a business carried on by a partnership (other than a limited partnership fund) or other body of persons, in Form 1(c); (14 of 2020 s. 118)
(ca) in the case of a business carried on by a limited partnership fund, in Form 1(ca); and (14 of 2020 s. 118)
(d) in the case of a branch in Form 1(d). (L.N. 378 of 1992; L.N. 52 of 1999; 13 of 2010 s. 20)
(2) An application referred to in subregulation (1) must be accompanied by full payment of—
(a) the prescribed business registration fee or prescribed branch registration fee, as the case may be; and
(b) the levy. (13 of 2010 s. 20)

### Business Registration Regulations 《商業登記規例》

6. Application for exemption
An application for exemption under section 9 of the Ordinance shall be in Form 3, and shall be forwarded to the Commissioner.

7. Fees
(1) The fee for the issue of a certified copy or extract of documents under section 19 of the Ordinance shall be $27. (L.N. 64 of 1974; 30 of 1974 s. 5; 23 of 1980 s. 2; L.N. 1 of 1983)
(2) The fee for the issue of a duplicate business registration certificate or a duplicate branch registration certificate under regulation 5 shall be $20. (L.N. 1 of 1983; 56 of 1984 s. 20; L.N. 284 of 1990; L.N. 297 of 1992; L.N. 64 of 1994; L.N. 56 of 1995)
(3) The fee for the issue of an extract of information under section 19A of the Ordinance shall be $27. (3 of 1999 s. 18)
(L.N. 1 of 2006)