Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act — C-7.75 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. activities includes any conduct of a corporation to further its purpose and any business carried on by a body corporate, but does not include the affairs of a body corporate. ( activité ) affairs means the relationships among a corporation, its affiliates and the directors, officers, shareholders or members of those bodies corporate. ( affaires internes ) articles means original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of amendment, amalgamation, continuance, reorganization, arrangement, dissolution or revival. ( statuts ) body corporate includes a company or other organization with legal personality wherever or however incorporated. ( personne morale ) corporation means a body corporate incorporated or continued under this Act and not discontinued under this Act. ( organisation ) court means (a) in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the province; (b) in Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice; (c) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, the Supreme Court of the province; (d) in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and New Brunswick, the Court of Queen’s Bench for the province; (e) in Quebec, the Superior Court of the province; and (f) in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court of the territory, and in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice. ( tribunal ) creditor includes a debt obligation holder. ( créancier ) debt obligation means a bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or guarantee of a corporation, whether secured or unsecured. ( titre de créance ) Director means an individual appointed under section 281. ( directeur ) director means an individual occupying the position of director by whatever name called. ( administrateur ) entity means a body corporate, a partnership, a trust, a joint venture or an unincorporated association or organization. ( entité ) incapable , in respect of an individual, means that the individual is found, under the laws of a province, to be unable, other than by reason of minority, to manage their property or is declared to be incapable by any court in a jurisdiction outside Canada. ( incapable ) incorporator means a person who signs articles of incorporation. ( fondateur ) issuer means a corporation that is required by this Act to maintain a debt obligations register. ( émetteur ) officer means an individual appointed as an officer under section 142, the chairperson of the board of directors, the president, a vice-president, the secretary, the treasurer, the comptroller, the general counsel, the general manager or a managing director of a corporation, or any other individual who performs functions for a corporation similar to those normally performed by an individual occupying any of those offices. ( dirigeant ) ordinary resolution means a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast on that resolution. ( ordinaire ) person means an individual or entity. ( personne ) personal representative means a person who stands in place of and represents another person, including a trustee, an executor, an administrator, a receiver, an agent, a mandatary, a liquidator of a succession, a guardian, a tutor, a curator or a legal counsel. ( représentant personnel ) prescribed means prescribed by the regulations. ( Version anglaise seulement ) prior legislation means the various Acts of Parliament that were in force prior to the coming into force of this Act and that applied to the incorporation of federal companies under those Acts, other than any financial institution as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act . ( législation antérieure ) public accountant , in respect of a corporation, means the public accountant appointed for the corporation under paragraph 127(1)(e) or subsection 181(1) or 186(1) or who fills a vacancy under subsection 184(2) or 185(1). ( expert-comptable ) send includes deliver. ( envoyer ) series means a division of a class of debt obligat