Hong Kong Corporate Inspection Regime Enters Third Phase

Published date11 March 2024
Law FirmMaples Group
AuthorEliza Chung and Charlie Sparrow

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The third phase of Hong Kong's Corporate Inspection Regime has now come into effect, which allows directors and other relevant individuals to make an application to withhold their protected personal information from public inspection.

This latest phase of the Inspection Regime commenced on 27 December 2023, having been initially introduced in 2021 amid concern over the need to protect personal data, in particular the ease in which personal information of directors and company secretaries can be obtained from the Companies Register.

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The new Inspection Regime under the Companies Ordinance (Cap 622) applies to Hong Kong incorporated companies and registered non-Hong Kong companies...

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