### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

59. Disclosure under order of Court
(1) The Court may make an order for the disclosure by the Registrar of a protected address—
(a) if—
(i) there is evidence that the service of documents at the relevant correspondence address of the director is not effective to bring them to the notice of the director; or
(ii) it is necessary or expedient for the protected 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 protected 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 protected information is delivered to the Registrar for registration under this Ordinance or the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32); 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.

60. Extent of prohibition
If a prohibition under this Division applies by reference to information deriving from a particular description of document, the prohibition does not affect—
(a) the availability for public inspection of the information through other means; and
(b) the availability for public inspection of the information deriving from another description of document in relation to which the prohibition does not apply.

61. Registrar may issue certificates in any manner
(1) The Registrar may issue a certificate under this Ordinance in any manner the Registrar thinks fit.
(2) Without limiting the powers of the Registrar under subsection (1), the Registrar may issue a certificate in the form of an electronic record.

62. Registrar not responsible for verifying information
The Registrar is not responsible for verifying—
(a) the truth of the information contained in a document delivered to the Registrar; or
(b) the authority under which a document is delivered to the Registrar.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

63. Immunity
(1) Neither the Registrar nor any public officer incurs any civil liability, and no civil action may lie against the Registrar or any public officer, in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, by him or her in good faith—
(a) in the performance, or purported performance, of functions under this Ordinance; or
(b) in the exercise, or purported exercise, of powers under this Ordinance.
(2) Where, for the purposes of this Ordinance, a protected person provides a service by means of which information in electronic form is supplied to the public, or supplies information by means of magnetic tapes or any electronic mode, the protected person is not personally liable for any loss or damage suffered by a user of the service or information by reason of an error or omission appearing in the information if the error or omission—
(a) was made in good faith and in the ordinary course of the discharge of the protected person’s duties; or
(b) has occurred or arisen as a result of any defect or breakdown in the service or any equipment used for the service or for supplying the information.
(3) Where, for the purposes of this Ordinance, a protected person provides a service or facility by means of which documents may be delivered to the Registrar by electronic means, the protected person is not personally liable for any loss or damage suffered by a user of the service or facility by reason of an error or omission appearing in a document delivered to the Registrar by means of the service or facility if the error or omission—
(a) was made in good faith and in the ordinary course of the discharge of the protected person’s duties; or
(b) has occurred or arisen as a result of any defect or breakdown in the service or facility or in any equipment used for the service or facility.
(4) The protection given to a protected person by subsections (2) and (3) in respect of an error or omission does not affect any liability of the Government in tort for the error or omission.
(5) In this section—
protected person (受保障人) means a person authorized by the Registrar to supply the information or provide the service or facility.

### Companies Ordinance 《公司條例》

64. Discrepancy between document and certified translation
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a certified translation of a document is delivered by a company to the Registrar for the purposes of section 31(1)(b) to accompany the document in a language other than English or Chinese; and
(b) there is a discrepancy between the document in that language and the certified translation of the document.
(2) The company may not rely on that translation, in so far as it relates to the discrepancy, as against a third party.
(3) A third party may not rely on that translation, in so far as it relates to the discrepancy, as against the company unless the third party—
(a) had no knowledge of the contents of the document in that language; and
(b) had actually relied on that translation in so far as it relates to the discrepancy.
(4) In this section—
third party (第三者) means a person other than the company.

65. Offence for destruction etc. of registers, books or documents
(1) A person commits an offence if the person dishonestly, with a view to gain for the person’s own self or another, or with intent to cause loss to another, destroys, removes, alters, defaces or conceals—
(a) any register, book or document belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the office of the Registrar; or
(b) any electronic record, microfilm, image or other record of such register, book or document.
(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 7 years.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person wilfully or maliciously destroys, removes, alters, defaces or conceals—
(a) any register, book or document belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the office of the Registrar; or
(b) any electronic record, microfilm, image or other record of such register, book or document.
(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (3) is liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment to a fine of $150,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

66. Types of companies
Only the following companies may be formed under this Ordinance—
(a) a public company limited by shares;
(b) a private company limited by shares;
(c) a public unlimited company with a share capital;
(d) a private unlimited company with a share capital;
(e) a company limited by guarantee without a share capital.