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Investor Account Service
Application Procedure

Updated: 11 July 2008

Each Investor Account applicant must complete and submit the following documents:
Account Opening Form

Debit Authorisation and Authorisation to Disclose Information Form (which is attached to the Account Opening Form)

Photocopy of the latest bank statement (or cheque) or relevant page of passbook showing the account name and number of the
Hong Kong dollar account as specified in the above debit authorisation form
 

Photocopy of residential address proof such as government/utility bill, management office invoice or bank statement showing the applicant's name and residential address which issued within three calendar months from the date of application is submitted (for individual and joint individual applicant).

Photocopy of applicant's identification document:

for individual applicant, it means photocopy of the front and back page of his/her Hong Kong Identity Card or Macau Resident
Identity Card;
for corporate applicant, it means certified true copies of the following documents (or such equivalent documents, as appropriate)
by a director or the company secretary (or an officer holding equivalent position, as appropriate):
 
Certificate of Incorporation (and Certificate(s) of Incorporation on Change of Name if applicable)
Memorandum and Articles of Association and all amending resolutions
Business Registration Certificate
Latest Annual Return (i.e. Form AR1 prescribed by the Companies
Registry of Hong Kong) and all subsequent
 

- Notification of change of secretary and directors (Appointment / Cessation)(Form D2A)
- Notification of situation of registered office (Form R1)

 

[Note:    For applicants incorporated in the BVI under the BVI Act, please refer to the "List of Documents Required to be Submitted by
              Applicants who are Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) under the BVI Business Companies Act (BVI Act) for Opening 
              Corporate Investor Accounts in CCASS".
              For applicants incorporated in Macau under the Commercial code of Macau, please refer to the "List of Documents Required to be 
              Submitted by Applicants who are Corporations Incorporated in MACAU under the Commercial Code of Macau for Opening Corporate
              Investor Accounts in CCASS".]

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List of Documents Required to be Submitted by Applicants
who are 
Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) under the
BVI Business Companies Act (BVI Act) for Opening Corporate Investor Accounts in CCASS

 
  1. For applicant which has not registered under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance of Hong Kong (HK), the following documents
    should be submitted to Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC):

    1. Certified true copies of the following documents by a notary public or the applicant's Registered Agent in the BVI or a
      solicitors firm or certified public accountants firm practising in HK:

      1. Certificate of Incorporation (and Certificate(s) of Incorporation on Change of Name, if applicable) issued by the
        Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the BVI
      2. Memorandum and Articles of Association and all amending resolutions
      3. Certificate of re-registration issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the BVI under the BVI Act (only applicable for corporations previously incorporated in the BVI under the International Business Companies Act (IBC Act)) 

    2. Certificate of Good Standing of the Company issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the BVI, which
      should be issued within one calendar month before application for opening account is submitted

    3. Certificate of Incumbency issued by the applicant's Registered Agent in the BVI containing the prescribed details and in the prescribed format as per specimen attached, which should be issued within one calendar month before application for
      opening account is submitted.

  2. For applicant which has registered under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance of HK for establishing a place of business in HK, the following documents should be submitted:

    1. Certified true copies of the following documents by a solicitors firm or certified public accountants firm practising in HK:

      1. Certificate of Incorporation (and Certificate(s) of Incorporation on Change of Name, if applicable) issued by the Registrar
        of Corporate Affairs in the BVI
      2. Memorandum and Articles of Association and all amending resolutions
      3. Certificate of re-registration issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the BVI under the BVI Act (only applicable for corporations previously incorporated in the BVI under the International Business Companies Act (IBC Act)) 
      4. Certificate of Registration of non-Hong Kong Company issued by the Registrar of Companies in HK
      5. Business Registration Certificate issued by the Business Registration Office in HK
      6. Particulars of a Non-Hong Kong Company Registered in Hong Kong (i.e. Form N1 prescribed by the Registrar of Companies in HK), latest Annual Return (Form N3) and/or Annual Return - Certificate of No Change (Form N4) and all subsequent
        - notification of change of secretary and director (Form N6) and/or notification of change of particulars of secretary and
          director (Form N7) 
        - notification of change of address (Form N9)
        - notification of change of authorized representative (Form N8)
        - notification of alteration in the charter, statutes etc. (Form N5)
        - notification of change in the corporate name (Form N10)

    2. Certificate of Good Standing same as section 1.b above

    3. Certificate of Incumbency same as section 1.c above

[Note: If (i) any of the applicant's directors or authorised signatories or registered shareholders is a corporation or (ii) any of the applicant's 
           shareholders is a bearer, HKSCC shall require such further information as it may consider appropriate to be submitted to enable it to 
           comply with section 25 of the Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Ordinance of HK amongst other regulatory requirements. By
           failing to comply with these requirements, HKSCC could be committing a criminal offence or be liable for other regulatory sanctions. 
           HKSCC therefore regrets that it shall not open accounts for applicants which fail to comply with its request for further information.]   

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    List of Documents Required to be Submitted by Applicants who are Corporations Incorporated in
    MACAU under the Commercial Code of Macau for Opening Corporate Investor Accounts in CCASS

  
                                       

1.    For applicant which has not registered under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance of Hong Kong (HK), the following documents should be
submitted to Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC):

 

a.  Certified true copies of the following documents by a notary public in Macau or a solicitors firm or certified public accountants firm
practising in HK:

 

i.     Certificate of Incorporation (and Certificate(s) of Incorporation on Change of Name, if applicable) issued by the Commercial Registry
Office of Macau

ii.    Memorandum and Articles of Association and all amending resolutions

 

b.  Certificate issued by the Commercial Registry Office of Macau evidencing that the applicant is in operation and carrying on business,
should be issued within one calendar month before application form for opening account is submitted, and providing the following information:

 

     i.     change  of address

     ii.    amendments to the Articles of Association

     iii.   transfers of shares and charges thereon

     iv.   legal actions instituted or injunctions obtained against the applicant or its shareholders

     v.    the declaration of bankruptcy of the applicant or its discharge

     vi.   the winding-up and liquidation of the applicant

 

[Note:   If any of the documents mentioned above is written in a language other than English, an English translation thereof certified by a notary
public in
Macau has to be submitted.]

 

c.  A certification of the execution of the application documents by a notary public in Macau; or a legal opinion issued by a Macau law firm to
ensure that the applicant is duly represented by the signatory(ies) on the application documents and that the same are binding on the
applicant.

 

2.    For applicant which has registered under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance of HK for establishing a place of business in HK, certified true
copies of the following documents by a solicitors firm or certified public accountants firm practising in HK should be submitted in addition to
the documents mentioned in 1 above
:

 

d.  Certificate of Registration of Non-Hong Kong Company issued by the Registrar of Companies in HK

 

e.  Business Registration Certificate issued by the Business Registration Office in HK

 

f.   Particulars of a Non-Hong Kong Company Registered in Hong Kong (i.e. Form N1 prescribed by the Registrar of Companies in HK), latest Annual Return (Form N3) and/or Annual Return - Certificate of No Change (Form N4) and all subsequent

 

     i.     notification of change of secretary and director (Form N6) and/or notification of change of particulars of secretary and director (Form N7)

     ii.    notification of change of address (Form N9)

     iii.   notification of change of authorized representative (Form N8)

     iv.    notification of alteration in the charter, statutes etc. (Form N5)

v.         notification of change in the corporate name (Form N10)

 

[Note: If (i) any of the applicant's directors or authorised signatories or registered shareholders is a corporation or (ii) any of the applicant's  
           shareholders is a bearer, HKSCC shall require such further information as it may consider appropriate to be submitted to enable it to
           comply with section 25 of the Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Ordinance of HK amongst other regulatory requirements. By
           failing to comply with these requirements, HKSCC could be committing a criminal offence or be liable for other regulatory sanctions. 
           HKSCC therefore regrets that it shall not open accounts for applicants which fail to comply with its request for further information.]