Commencement of New Inspection Regime – Phase 1 under the Companies Ordinance

Phase 1 of a new inspection regime of the Companies Register under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) will commence on 23 August 2021. 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. For details, please refer to Companies Registry External Circular No. 1 / 2021.