### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

785. Change of approved name
(1) A registered non-Hong Kong company may apply, in writing, to the Registrar for change of an approved name, in relation to a corporate name, under which the company is to carry on business in Hong Kong.
(2) An application must be delivered to the Registrar.
(3) On receiving an application for change of an approved name, the Registrar must approve the new name unless satisfied that the new name—
(a) is the same as or is too like—
(i) a name that appears, or should have appeared, in the Index of Company Names; or
(ii) the name of a body corporate incorporated or established under an Ordinance; or
(b) gives so misleading an indication of the nature of the registered non-Hong Kong company’s activities in Hong Kong as to be likely to cause harm to the public.
(4) If the Registrar approves a new name, the registered non-Hong Kong company may deliver to the Registrar for registration a return, in the specified form, specifying the new name so approved.
(5) On receiving a return, the Registrar must, unless satisfied that the new name specified in it is the same as a name that appears, or should have appeared, in the Index of Company Names—
(a) enter the new name in the Companies Register as the name, in relation to the corporate name, under which the registered non-Hong Kong company is to carry on business in Hong Kong;
(b) make a note in the Companies Register to the effect that there is a change of approved name;
(c) issue to the company a fresh certificate of registration containing the corporate name and the new approved name; and
(d) register the return.
(6) On the issue of the fresh certificate of registration, the new approved name is, for all purposes of the law, the name under which the registered non-Hong Kong company is to carry on business in Hong Kong.
(7) Subsection (6) does not affect any rights or obligations vested in the registered non-Hong Kong company under the corporate name or the old approved name.
(8) Subsection (6) does not render defective any legal proceedings by or against the registered non-Hong Kong company. If there are any legal proceedings that might have been commenced or continued by or against that company by the corporate name or the old approved name, those proceedings may be commenced or continued by or against it by the new approved name in relation to the corporate name.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

786. Company must keep authorized representative’s required details registered in Companies Register
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a person is registered in the Companies Register as an authorized representative of a registered non-Hong Kong company;
(b) the person ceases to be an authorized representative of the non-Hong Kong company; and
(c) after the cessation, no person is registered in the Companies Register as an authorized representative of the non-Hong Kong company.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), it is irrelevant, that at the time of the cessation, the company is no longer a registered non-Hong Kong company by virtue of section 794(3) or 798(3).
(3) Within one month after the person ceases to be an authorized representative of the non-Hong Kong company, that company must deliver to the Registrar for registration under section 791(1) a return in respect of another person as an authorized representative of the company.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to the non-Hong Kong company if, when the person ceases to be an authorized representative of that company, it has ceased to have a place of business in Hong Kong for at least 11 months.
(5) If a non-Hong Kong company contravenes subsection (3), the company, every responsible person of the company, and every agent of the company who authorizes or permits the contravention, commit an offence, and each is liable to a fine at level 5 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $1,000 for each day during which the offence continues.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

787. Termination of authorization
(1) A person registered in the Companies Register as an authorized representative of a registered non-Hong Kong company may terminate the authorization by sending to the company’s registered office (or the equivalent) in its place of incorporation a written notice of termination stating the date of termination.
(2) A registered non-Hong Kong company may terminate the authorization of a person registered in the Companies Register as an authorized representative of the company by sending to the person’s address shown in the Companies Register a written notice of termination stating the date of termination.
(3) After sending a notice of termination under subsection (1) or (2), the sender must, within one month after the date of the notice, notify the Registrar, in writing, of the date of termination.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to the sender if, at the time when the notice is sent, the registered non-Hong Kong company has ceased to have a place of business in Hong Kong for at least 11 months.
(5) A notification under subsection (3)—
(a) must be in the specified form; and
(b) must be accompanied by the documents prescribed by procedural regulations.
(6) A notification under subsection (3)—
(a) if given by a person registered as an authorized representative of a registered non-Hong Kong company, must contain a statement by the person that the company has been notified of the termination under subsection (1); or
(b) if given by a registered non-Hong Kong company, must contain a statement by the company that the person registered as an authorized representative of the company has been notified of the termination under subsection (2).
(7) If an authorization is terminated under subsection (1) or (2), the termination takes effect on whichever is the later of the following—
(a) the date of termination stated in the notice of termination;
(b) the expiration of 21 days after subsection (3) is complied with.
(8) In this section, a reference to a registered non-Hong Kong company includes a non-Hong Kong company that is no longer a registered non-Hong Kong company by virtue of section 794(3) or 798(3).

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

788. Company must deliver annual return for registration
(1) Within 42 days after each anniversary of the date on which the certificate of registration was issued under section 777(4)(a) or the predecessor Ordinance, a registered non-Hong Kong company must deliver to the Registrar a return for registration.
(2) A return—
(a) must be in the specified form;
(b) must contain the particulars prescribed by procedural regulations; and
(c) must be accompanied by the documents prescribed by procedural regulations.
(3) If a registered non-Hong Kong company contravenes subsection (1), the company, every responsible person of the company, and every agent of the company who authorizes or permits the contravention, commit an offence, and each is liable to a fine at level 5 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $1,000 for each day during which the offence continues.
(4) If a registered non-Hong Kong company, or an officer or agent of a registered non-Hong Kong company, is convicted of an offence under subsection (3), the magistrate may, in addition to any penalty that may be imposed, order the company, or the officer or agent, to deliver to the Registrar a return for registration within a time specified in the order.
(5) If a registered non-Hong Kong company, or an officer or agent of a registered non-Hong Kong company, fails to comply with an order under subsection (4), the company, or the officer or agent, commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 5 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $1,000 for each day during which the offence continues.