Co-operative Societies Ordinance

(1)
No person other than a registered society shall trade or carry on business
                    under any name or title of which the word “
co-
operative” or “合作社” is part
                    without the sanction of the Chief
Executive:
(Amended
80 of 1997 s. 107
;
61 of 2000 s. 3
)
Provided that nothing in this
                    section shall apply to the use by any person or his successor in interest of any
                    name or title under which he traded or carried on business at the
                    commencement*
                    of this Ordinance.
(2)
Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an
                offence and shall be liable to a fine
                at
                level 1 and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine
                of
                $20
                for each day during which the offence continues.
(Amended
E.R. 1 of 2022
)