Hong Kong Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL RETIREMENT SCHEMES (AUTHENTICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS) RULES - SECT 3

Certification of documents

(1) Subject to subsection (3), each of the documents specified in Schedule 2,
where it is a copy of or an extract from an original document, shall be
certified, prior to its submission to the Registrar, as a true copy of or
extract from the original document by-

   (a)  the administrator or designated person of the occupational retirement
        scheme to which the document relates; or

   (b)  a notary lawfully exercising his functions in the place where the
        certification is made.

(2) Certification under subsection (1)(a) shall be made either on oath or by a
statutory declaration or by affidavit before a person authorized by the laws
of the place where the certification is made to administer an oath or take a
statutory declaration or affidavit.

(3) Where the Registrar so permits and subject to such conditions as he thinks
fit, a copy of or an extract from an original document which has not been
certified in accordance with subsection (1) may be submitted to him in lieu of
a copy or an extract as certified in accordance with subsection (1) if-

   (a)  certification in accordance with subsection (1) cannot be made on the
        ground that the original document-

        (i)    has been lost or destroyed; or

        (ii)   is, notwithstanding reasonable steps having been taken to view
               it, unavailable for viewing; and

   (b)  the copy or extract is accompanied by a statutory declaration in
        support of the relevant ground referred to in paragraph (a). (Enacted
        1993)