公司章程(Articles of Association),是指公司依法制定的、規定公司名稱、住所、經營范圍、經營管理制度等重大事項的基本文件,也是公司必備的規定公司組織及活動基本規則的書面文件。公司章程是股東共同一致的意思表示,載明了公司組織和活動的基本準則,是公司的憲章。公司章程具有法定性、真實性、自治性和公開性的基本特征。公司章程與《公司法》一樣,共同肩負調整公司活動的責任。作為公司組織與行為的基本準則,公司章程對公司的成立及運營具有十分重要的意義,它既是公司成立的基礎,也是公司賴以生存的靈魂。
香港公司章程最新版本(2016版)英譯中節選:
The Company Ordinance (Chapter 622) 《公司條例》(第622章)
Private Company Limited by Shares私人有限責任公司
Part A Mandatory Articles A部 章程細則必備條文
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Part B Other Articles B部 章程細節其它條文
4. The Company shall have the
first and paramount lien upon all the shares registered in the name of each
Member and upon the proceeds of ale thereof, for his debts, liabilities and
engagements, solely or jointly with any other person, to or with the Company,
whether the period for the payment, fulfillment or discharge thereof shall have
actually arrived or not, and such lien shall extend to all dividends from time
to time declared in respect of such shares.
5. Save as
herein otherwise provided, the Company shall be entitled to treat the
registered holder of any shares as the absolute owner thereof, and accordingly
shall not, expect as ordered by a Court of competent jurisdiction or as by
Ordinance required, be bound to recognise any equitable or to her claim to, or
interest in, such shares on the part of any other person.
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香港公司章程(2014年版)英譯中節選:
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Part 2 Private Company
2. Company is private company
(1) The company is a private company and accordingly--
(a) a member's right to transfer shares is restricted in the manner specified in this article;
(b) the number of members is limited to 50; and
(c) any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the company is prohibited.
(2) The directors may in their discretion refuse to register the transfer of a share.
第 2 部 私人公司
2. 本公司屬私人公司
(1) 本公司屬私人公司,據此 —
(a) 成員轉讓股份的權利,受本條指明的方式限制;
(b) 成員數目上限是 50 名;及
(c) 任何人不得邀請公眾人士認購本公司的任何股份或債權證。
(2) 董事可按其酌情決定權,拒絕登記某股份的轉讓。
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74. Winding up
(1) If the company is wound up and a surplus
remains after the payment of debts proved in the winding up, the liquidator—
(a)…
(b)…
(2) The liquidator may, with the required
sanction, vest the whole or part of those assets in trustees on trust for the benefit of the
contributories that the liquidator, with the required sanction, thinks fit, but a member must not be
compelled to accept any shares or other securities on which there is any liability.
(3) In this article—
required sanction(規定認許) means the sanction of a special resolution of the company
and any other sanction
required by the Ordinance.
74. 清盤
(1) 如本公司清盤,而在償付在清盤中經證明的債項后,留有余數,清盤人
—
(a) ……
(b) ……
(2) 清盤人可在獲得規定認許下,為了分擔人的利益,將上述資產的全部或任何部分,按清盤人(在獲得規定認許下)認為適當的信托安排,歸屬予受托人,但任何成員不得被強迫接受任何帶有法律責任的股份 或其他證券。
(3) 在本條中 —
規定認許 (required sanction)指本公司以特別決議所作的認許,及《條例》所規定的任何其他認許。
新加坡公司章程 《公司法》(第50章)英譯中節選:
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Conversion of
shares into stock
40. The company may by ordinary
resolution passed at a general meeting convert any paid-up shares into stock and
reconvert any stock into paid-up shares.
41.—(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), the holders of stock may transfer the stock or any part of the stock in
the same manner, and subject to the same regulations, by which the shares from
which the stock arose might, prior to conversion, have been transferred.
(2) The directors may from time
to time fix the minimum amount of stock transferable and restrict or forbid the
transfer of fractions of that minimum.
42.—(1) Subject to paragraph
(2), the holders of stock have, according to the amount of the stock held by
the holders, the same rights, privileges and advantages in relation to
dividends, voting at meetings of the company and other matters as if they held
the shares from which the stock arose.
(2) No privilege or advantage
(except participation in the dividends and profits of the company and in the
assets on winding up) is to be conferred by any aliquot part of stock on the
holder of such stock which would not, if existing in shares, have conferred
that privilege or advantage on the holder of such stock.
股票與證券的轉換
40.公司可經股東大會普通決議通過,將繳足股本的股票轉變成證券以及將任何證券轉變成繳足股本的股票。
41. (1)根據第(2)條的規定,證券持有人可按照轉變成證券前股票的轉讓規則以及方式將全部或部分證券予以轉讓。
(2)董事可隨時決定轉讓證券的最低數額,并限制或禁止把此數額分零轉讓。
42.(1)根據第(2)條規定,證券持有人應按所持證券的數額,享有如同持有轉換證券的股票的股東享有的有關紅利分配、在公司會議上投票、以及就其他事項的權利和特權。
(2)部分證券持有權不賦有此種特權或權益(除參與公司紅利和利益的分配以及參與公司解散時的資產分配外),因為即使是部分股票持有權也不賦有此種特權或權益。
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國內設立的有限公司/股份有限公司章程中譯英案例:
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第十章 財務、會計 利潤分配及勞動用工制度
第二十六條 公司應當依照法律、行政法規和國務院財政主管部門的規定建立本公司的財務,會計制度。
公司應在每一會計年度終了時制定財務會計報告,依法經審查驗證后于第二年四月提交各股東。
第二十七條 公司分配當年稅后利潤時,應當提取利潤的百分之十列入公司的法定公積金,并提取利潤的百分之五至百分之十列入公司法定公益金。公司法定公積金為公司注冊資本的百分之五十以上的,可不再提取。
公司的法定公積金不足以彌補上一年度虧損的,在依照前款規定提取法定公積金和法定公益金之前,應當先用當年利潤彌補虧損。
公司彌補虧損和提取公積金,法定公益金后所余利潤,公司按照股東的出資比例分配。
公司的公積金用于彌補公司的虧損,擴大公司生產經營或者增加公司資本,公司的法定公益金用于本公司職工的集體福利。
第二十八條 勞動用工制度按國家法律,法規及國務院勞動部門的有關規定執行。
Chapter Ten Financial Affairs, Accounting, Profit Distribution and Employment System
Article 26 The company shall establish its financial and accounting system pursuant to law and administrative regulations and provisions of the financial department in charge under the State Council, produce a financial and accounting report at the end of each fiscal year and submit the financial and accounting statements to shareholders, which shall be reviewed and verified in accordance with the law, before next April.
Article27 Indistribution of its current year after-tax profit, a company shall allocate 10 percent to its statutory reserve fund, 5 to 10 percent to its statutory welfare fund. Allocation to the company's statutory reserve fund may be waived once the cumulative amount of funds therein exceeds 50 percent of the company's registered capital.
Where the statutory reserve fund is not sufficient to cover the company's loss from the previous year, the current year profit shall be used to cover such loss before allocation is made to the statutory reserve fund and the statutory welfare fund pursuant to the previous Paragraph.
After the company has covered its losses, and made allocation to the reserve funds and statutory welfare fund, the remainder of the profit shall be distributed to the shareholders in proportion to their capital contribution
The reserve funds of the company shall be used to cover company losses, expand its production and operation, or be converted to the company's increased capital while the statutory welfare fund allocated by the company shall be used for the collective welfare of the workers thereof.
Article 28 The employment system of the Company shall be carried out in accordance with the national laws, regulations and provisions of the labor department in charge under the State Council.
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