### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

52. Disclosure under order of Court
(1) The Court may make an order for the disclosure by the Registrar of a withheld address—
(a) if—
(i) there is evidence that the service of documents at an address contained in an application under section 49(1) as the correspondence address is not effective to bring them to the notice of the director, reserve director or company secretary in question; or
(ii) it is necessary or expedient for the withheld address to be disclosed in connection with the enforcement of an order or decree of a court; and
(b) if the Court is satisfied that it is appropriate to make the order.
(2) The Court may make an order for the disclosure by the Registrar of a withheld identification number—
(a) if it is necessary or expedient for the number to be disclosed in connection with the enforcement of an order or decree of a court; and
(b) if the Court is satisfied that it is appropriate to make the order.
(3) An order under subsection (1) or (2) may be made on the application of—
(a) a creditor of the company in respect of which the document containing the withheld information is delivered to the Registrar for registration under this Ordinance, the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) or the predecessor Ordinance; or
(b) any other person appearing to the Court to have a sufficient interest.
(4) An order under subsection (1) or (2) must specify the persons to whom, and purposes for which, the disclosure is authorized.

53. Interpretation
(1) In this Subdivision—
director (董事) includes a person nominated as a reserve director under section 455(1);
protected address (受保護地址) means, subject to subsection (2)(a), an address that falls within section 54(2)(a);
protected identification number (受保護身分識別號碼) means a number that falls within section 54(2)(b);
protected information (受保護資料) means a protected address or a protected identification number;

relevant correspondence address (有關通訊地址), in relation to a director of a company, means the address contained, as the correspondence address of the director, in whichever is the most recent of the following—
(a)  in the case of a company other than those falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of company 

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

54. Registrar must not make residential address and identification number available for public inspection
(1) Subsection (2) applies if—
(a) a document—
(i) is delivered to the Registrar for registration in respect of a company under this Ordinance or the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) and is in a form prescribed by or under, or specified under, the relevant Ordinance; or
*(ii) is delivered to the Registrar for registration in respect of a company under a provision of the predecessor Ordinance having a continuing effect under Schedule 11 or by virtue of section 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) and is in a form specified under section 914(6)(a) or (8)(a);
(b) any part of the document is required by the relevant Ordinance to contain, and contains—
(i) the usual residential address of a director of the company; or
(ii) the full number of the identity card or passport of any person; and
(c) the Registrar records the information contained in the document for the purposes of section 27(1).
(2) The Registrar must not make available for public inspection under section 45(1)—
(a) an address contained, as the usual residential address of a director of the company, in any part of the document that is required by the relevant Ordinance to contain that usual residential address; or
(b) a number contained, as the full number of the identity card or passport of any person, in any part of the document that is required by the relevant Ordinance to contain that full number.
(3) In this section—
relevant Ordinance (有關條例), in relation to a document or any part of a document, means the Ordinance under which the document is delivered to the Registrar for registration.

Editorial Note:
*Not yet in operation.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

55. Registrar may make protected address available for inspection
(1) Despite section 54(2)(a), the Registrar may make a protected address available for public inspection in accordance with section 56 if—
(a) communications sent by the Registrar to the director, and requiring a response within a specified period, remain unanswered; or
(b) there is evidence that the service of documents by the Registrar at the relevant correspondence address of the director is not effective to bring them to the notice of the director.
(2) The Registrar must not make a decision under subsection (1) unless the Registrar—
(a) has notified the director and the company that he or she proposes to make the protected address available for public inspection under subsection (1); and
(b) has considered any representation made within the period specified under subsection (3)(b).
(3) A notice under subsection (2)(a)—
(a) must state the grounds for the proposal; and
(b) must specify a period within which representations may be made before the protected address is made available for public inspection under subsection (1).
(4) A notice under subsection (2)(a) must be sent to the director—
(a) at the protected address; or
(b) if it appears to the Registrar that service at the protected address may not be effective to bring it to the notice of the director, at the relevant correspondence address of the director.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

57. Restriction on use or disclosure of protected information
The Registrar must not use or disclose protected information except—
(a) as permitted by section 58; or
(b) in accordance with section 59.

58. Permitted use or disclosure of protected information by Registrar
(1) The Registrar may use—
(a) a protected address for communicating with the director in question; or
(b) a protected identification number for communicating with the person in question.
(2) The Registrar may use protected 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 protected 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 protected information may be disclosed; and
(f) providing for the conditions in accordance with which protected information may be disclosed to such persons, including the extent to which such information may be disclosed to them.