Hong Kong Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL RETIREMENT SCHEMES (AUTHENTICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS) RULES - SECT 2

Authentication of documents

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), each of the documents specified in
Schedule 1 shall be authenticated, prior to its submission to the Registrar,
by-

   (a)  a notary lawfully exercising his functions in the place where the
        document was made; or

   (b)  any other person authorized under the laws of that place to administer
        an oath or take a statutory declaration.

(2) Each of the documents specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 shall be
authenticated in accordance with subsection (1) only if it was made by-

   (a)  an individual who is not-

        (i)    ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; and

        (ii)   the holder of an identity card within the meaning of the
               Registration of Persons Ordinance ( Cap 177); or

   (b)  a body corporate which does not have a place of business in Hong Kong.

(3) Where the Registrar so permits in any particular case and subject to such
conditions as he thinks fit, a certified copy of a document specified in
Schedule 1 may be submitted to him in lieu of that document as authenticated
in accordance with subsection (1) and, in any such case, that copy so
submitted shall be deemed to be that document as so authenticated and whether
or not that document has been so authenticated.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), a power of attorney executed for the purpose of
section 67(1B) of the Ordinance shall be authenticated by- (L.N. 361 of 1998)

   (a)  a notary lawfully exercising his functions in the place where the
        power of attorney was executed; or

   (b)  any other person authorized under the laws of that place to administer
        an oath or take a statutory declaration.

(5) A power of attorney executed for the purpose of section 67(1B) of the
Ordinance shall be authenticated in accordance with subsection (4) only if it
was executed by- (L.N. 361 of 1998)

   (a)  an individual who is not-

        (i)    ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; and

        (ii)   the holder of an identity card within the meaning of the
               Registration of Persons Ordinance ( Cap 177); or

   (b)  a body corporate which does not have a place of business in Hong Kong.

(6) In this section, "a certified copy" (經證明的副本) means a copy
which has been certified, prior to its submission to the Registrar, in the
manner specified in section 3(1) and (2) as if it were a copy to which
section 3(1) and (2) applies. (Enacted 1993)

"a certified copy" (經證明的副本)