According to the Supreme People's Court's rules of evidence and relevant judicial interpretations, if any party to the lawsuit is a Hong Kong company, it must provide notarized documents of its subject qualification, otherwise the case will not be filed. So what are the main qualification documents of Hong Kong companies and how to obtain them?
Hong Kong companies need to prove their physical qualifications and can provide the following documents:
1. Business registration certificate issued by the company at the Hong Kong Companies Registry;
2. Certificate of company name filed by the company in the Hong Kong Companies Registry (if the company name has changed, it must be provided) CI;
3. The annual report of the company filed in the Hong Kong Companies Registry (the function of this information is equivalent to the annual inspection procedures of the company in Chinese mainland) ar1;
The above documents can be found in the Hong Kong Companies Registry, and the Law Society of Hong Kong will search them when notarizing the qualifications of Hong Kong companies.