Hong Kong New Companies Ordinance

The New Ordinance was published in the Government Gazette in August 2012. It will become effective on 3 March 2014. From the Commencement Date, all the provisions in the Existing Ordinance will be repealed and replaced by provisions in the New Ordinance, except for the prospectus, and winding-up and insolvency provisions. These two areas will remain in the Existing Ordinance which will then be renamed the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance. The Securities and Futures Commission has indicated that it will lead the review of the prospectus regime and plans to move the prospectus regime into the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571). Separately, the Hong Kong Government has said the winding-up and insolvency regime will undergo a separate law review exercise.

The table below list all parts of the new Companies Ordinance and its Schedules.

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Full Companies Ordinance (Ord. No. 28 of 2012) (gazetted on 10 August 2012)(pdf Format)

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Parts of the new Companies Ordinance

Schedules to the new Companies Ordinance