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

8. Exemptions
The following businesses are exempt from the provisions of the Ordinance— (L.N. 191 of 2019)
(a) the business of bootblack;
(b) business carried on by such hawkers as require licences for the carrying on of such businesses under the Hawker Regulation (Cap. 132 sub. leg. AI), other than businesses carried on inside the main structure of any building; (56 of 1984 s. 20; L.N. 386 of 1993; 13 of 1995 s. 2; 78 of 1999 s. 7; L.N. 191 of 2019)
(c) a qualifying FiT business within the meaning of section 4 of the Exemption from Profits Tax (Feed-in Tariff Scheme) Order (Cap. 112 sub. leg. DJ). (L.N. 191 of 2019; E.R. 4 of 2020)

8A. Electronic records for prescribed forms
(1) The Secretary may, for the purposes of the submission of a form under regulation 3 or 6 in the form of an electronic record, by notice published in the Gazette specify—
(a) a system;
(b) a template; and
(c) requirements as to—
(i) the manner of generating or sending the form in the form of an electronic record; and
(ii) how a password approved under subregulation (2) is to be included with, or a digital signature is to be affixed to, the form.
(2) The Commissioner may, for the purposes of the submission of a form under regulation 3 or 6 in the form of an electronic record, approve any sequence or combination of letters, characters, numbers or symbols selected by a person as a password for that person.
(3) A form under regulation 3 or 6 may be submitted to the Commissioner in the form of an electronic record that—
(a) is submitted using a system, and in a manner, specified under subregulation (1); and
(b) uses a template specified under subregulation (1) and made available by the Commissioner.
(4) If a form under regulation 3 or 6 is submitted in the form of an electronic record, the requirement for a signature on the form is satisfied by a password of the person approved under subregulation (2) or a digital signature of the person.
(13 of 2010 s. 24)

9. Forms
The Forms referred to in these regulations shall be as set out below —

B.R. No.        Form 1(a) [reg. 3(1)]  Business Registration RegulationsApplication by an individual for registration of business carried on by him in Hong Kong

### Pharmacopoeia Ordinance 《藥典條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Pharmacopoeia Ordinance.

2. Right of approving a pharmacopoeia to vest in the Medical Council
The Medical Council of Hong Kong as established by section 3 of the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 161), shall have the exclusive right of approving the adoption in Hong Kong of a pharmacopoeia containing descriptions of and standards for, and notes and other matter relating to, medicines, preparations, materials and articles used in the practice of medicine, surgery, or midwifery, and shall further have the exclusive right of approving the adoption of any amendments thereto.
(Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)

3. Substitution of approved pharmacopoeia for previous pharmacopoeias
A pharmacopoeia approved under section 2 shall be deemed for all purposes to be substituted in Hong Kong for all other pharmacopoeias; and any enactment or custom relating to any of such last-mentioned pharmacopoeias shall be deemed, after approval of a pharmacopoeia under section 2, to refer to such pharmacopoeia and any amendments thereto which have been approved.
(Amended 60 of 2000 s. 3)

4. Publication of notice of approval and admission in evidence of copies of approved pharmacopoeia
Notice shall be published in the Gazette of any approval given under section 2 and of any amendment thereto and a copy of the pharmacopoeia or of any amendment thereto of which such notice of approval has been given, being a copy purporting to be printed by such printer as may be named in such notice, shall be received in evidence as such pharmacopoeia or amendment, as the case may be.

### Registered Trustees Incorporation Ordinance 《註冊受託人法團條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Registered Trustees Incorporation Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
body of persons (團體) means—
(a) any community of persons bound together by custom, religion, kinship, nationality or regional or local interests; or
(b) any body or association of persons established for any charitable purpose; (Amended 14 of 1968 s. 3; 74 of 1974 s. 3)

certificate (證書) means a certificate of incorporation granted under section 4;

charitable purpose (慈善目的) includes—
(a) the relief of poverty;
(b) the advancement of art, education, learning, literature, science or research;
(c) the making of provision for—
(i) the cure, alleviation or prevention of; or
(ii) the care of persons suffering from or subjected to,
any disease, infirmity or disability affecting human beings (including the care of women before, during and after child birth);
(d) the advancement of religion;
(e) any ecclesiastical purpose;
(f) the promotion of the moral, social and physical well-being of the community; and
(g) any other purpose beneficial to the community not specified in paragraphs (a) to (f); (Added 74 of 1974 s. 3)

charity (慈善組織) means any trust or organization established by deed or otherwise for a charitable purpose; (Added 14 of 1968 s. 3. Amended 74 of 1974 s. 3) 
corporation (法團) means trustees incorporated in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and their successors in office;
Registrar (處長) means the Registrar of Companies.
(2) Where the objects of any body of persons or charity involve the acquisition of gain by such body of persons or charity or any of its individual members or trustees, as the case may be, such body of persons or charity shall not be a body of persons or charity for the purposes of this Ordinance. (Added 14 of 1968 s. 3)
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the receipt by an individual member or trustee of any body of persons or charity of remuneration in respect of any professional services rendered to such body of persons or charity where the will, deed, rules, regulations or other instrument creating, constituting or regulating the same so permits shall not be an acquisition of gain. (Added 14 of 1968 s. 3)