{"id":5246,"date":"2023-08-04T12:51:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T04:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reaphk.com\/the-company-secretary-has-a-baa-to-do\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:17:52","slug":"the-company-secretary-has-a-baa-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reaphk.com\/en\/the-company-secretary-has-a-baa-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"The company secretary has a baa to do"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5246\" class=\"elementor elementor-5246 elementor-2608\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7677f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7677f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93025c9\" data-id=\"93025c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0b43e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e0b43e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>According to the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) 474, all limited companies registered in Hong Kong are required to have at least one company secretary, who can be a natural person or body corporate (e.g. secretarial company, accounting firm).<\/strong><\/h4><p>If a company fails to comply with a direction referred to in this section, the company and each of its responsible persons shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine at level 6 or, if the offence is a continuing offence, to a further fine of $2,000 for each day during which the offence continues.<\/p><p>As a company secretary, you are often required to file relevant documents with the Companies Registry, the most common ones include:<\/p><p>&#8211; Form No.: NAR1 \u2013 Annual Return<\/p><p>&#8211; Form No.: ND2A \u2013 Notice of Change of Company Secretary and Director (Appointment\/Cessation)<\/p><p>&#8211; Form No.: ND2B \u2013 Notice of Change of Company Secretary and Director&#8217;s Particulars<\/p><p>&#8211; Form No.: ND4 \u2013 Notice of Resignation of Company Secretary and Director<\/p><p><em>Statutory provisions of the Companies Registry<\/em><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elegislation.gov.hk\/hk\/cap622@2019-08-01T00:00:00\/P10.pdf\">https:\/\/www.elegislation.gov.hk\/hk\/cap622@2019-08-01T00:00:00\/P10.pdf<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) 474, all limited companies registered in Hong Kong are required to have at least one company secretary, who can be a natural person or body corporate (e.g. secretarial company, accounting firm). 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