華師話你知 – Commencement of New Inspection Regime – Phase 1

Dear Members and Affiliates,

華師話你知 – Commencement of New Inspection Regime – Phase 1

The Companies Registry has issued External Circular No. 1 / 2021 to announce the commencement of Phase 1 of a new inspection regime of the Companies Register under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) on 23 August 2021.

 

1. From 23 August 2021, companies may withhold from public inspection the usual residential addresses of directors and full identification numbers (IDNs) of directors and company secretaries as contained in the registers of directors and registers of company secretaries kept by the companies.  In such cases, companies are to make available for public inspection on their own registers correspondence addresses of directors and partial IDNs of directors and company secretaries.

 

2. The said External Circular has been uploaded onto the "Publications > Circulars/ Guidelines > External Circulars" section of the Companies Registry website (www.cr.gov.hk).  A soft copy of the circular is enclosed for your easy reference.

ec1-2021-c.pdf
ec1-2021-e.pdf