Hong Kong Ordinances

COMPANIES ORDINANCE - SECT 153B

Directors vicariously liable for acts of alternates, etc.

(1) Where the articles of a company authorize a director to appoint an
alternate director to act in his place, then, unless the articles contain any
provision to the contrary, whether express or implied-

   (a)  an alternate director so appointed shall be deemed to be the agent of
        the director who appoints him; and

   (b)  a director who appoints an alternate director shall be vicariously
        liable for any tort committed by the alternate director while acting
        in the capacity of alternate director.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1)(b) affects the personal liability of an
alternate director for any act or omission. (Added 28 of 2003 s. 57)