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Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Regulations (SOR/2011-223)
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PART 3Corporate Names (continued)
Confusing Names (continued)
48 Despite section 44, if the corporate name of an amalgamated corporation is the same as the name of one of the amalgamating corporations, it is not prohibited for that reason alone.
49 (1) Despite section 44, the corporate name of an existing corporation that is the same as the name of an affiliated body corporate from which the existing corporation has acquired or will, in the immediate future, acquire all or substantially all of the property of the body corporate is not prohibited for that reason alone if the body corporate undertakes in writing to dissolve, or to change its name, before the corporation begins using the corporate name.
(2) Despite section 44, if the corporate name of a proposed corporation is the same as the name of a body corporate that is to be an affiliate of the proposed corporation from which the proposed corporation will, in the immediate future, acquire all or substantially all of the property of the body corporate, the corporate name is not prohibited for that reason alone if the body corporate undertakes in writing to dissolve, or to change its name, before the proposed corporation begins using the corporate name.
50 For the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a corporate name is prohibited if it is confusing with a corporate name that is reserved by the Director for another person, unless written consent has been obtained from the person for whom the corporate name was reserved.
51 For the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a corporate name is prohibited if the name contains any of the following elements:
(a) “cooperative”, “coopérative”, “co-op” or “pool” when it connotes a cooperative venture;
(b) “Parliament Hill” or “Colline du Parlement”;
(c) “Royal Canadian Mounted Police”, “Gendarmerie royale du Canada”, “RCMP” or “GRC”; and
(d) “United Nations”, “Nations Unies”, “UN” or “ONU” when it connotes a relationship to the United Nations.
52 For the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a corporate name is prohibited when it connotes that the corporation
(a) carries on its activities under royal, vice-regal or governmental patronage, approval or authority, unless Her Majesty or a person, society, authority or organization referred to in paragraph 9(2)(a) of the Trade-marks Act consents in writing to the use of the name;
(b) is sponsored or controlled by or is connected with the Government of Canada, the government of a province, the government of a country other than Canada or a political subdivision or agency of any such government, unless the appropriate government, political subdivision or agency consents in writing to the use of the name;
(c) is sponsored or controlled by or is connected with a university or an association of accountants, architects, engineers, lawyers, physicians or surgeons or another professional association recognized by the laws of Canada or a province, unless the appropriate university or professional association consents in writing to the use of the name;
(d) carries on the business of a bank, loan company, insurance company, trust company or another financial intermediary that is regulated by the laws of Canada, unless the Superintendent of Financial Institutions consents in writing to the use of the name; or
(e) carries on the business of a stock exchange that is regulated by the laws of a province, unless the relevant provincial securities regulator consents in writing to the use of the name.
53 For the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a corporate name is prohibited if it contains a word or phrase, or connotes an activity, that is obscene.
54 For the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a corporate name is prohibited if an element of the name is the family name of an individual, whether or not preceded by their given name or initials, unless the individual or their heir or personal representative consents in writing to the use of their name and the individual has or had a personal or other connection to the corporation.
55 For greater certainty, a corporate name is not prohibited only because it contains alphabetic or numeric characters, initials, punctuation marks or any combination of those elements.
Non-distinctive Names
56 (1) For the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a corporate name is prohibited if it
(a) is only descriptive, in any language, of the activities of the corporation, of the goods and services in which the corporation deals or intends to deal, or of the quality, function or other characteristic of those goods and services;
(b) is primarily or only the name or family name, used alone, of an individual who is living or has died within 30 years before the day on which the Director receives any of the documents referred to in section 9 or 201 or subsection 208(4), 211(5), 215(5), 216(6) or 219(3) of the Act or a request to reserve a name under subsection 12(1) of the Act; or
(c) is primarily or only a geographic name that is used alone.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a person proposing to use the corporate name establishes that it has been used in Canada or elsewhere by them or by their predecessors so as to have become distinctive in Canada on the day referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
Deceptively Misdescriptive Names
57 For the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a corporate name is prohibited if it is likely to mislead the public, in any language, with respect to any of the following:
(a) the activities, goods or services in association with which it is proposed to be used;
(b) the conditions under which the goods or services will be produced or supplied or the persons to be employed in the production or supply of the goods or services; and
(c) the place of origin of the goods or services.
58 (1) For the purpose of subsection 12(1) of the Act, the prescribed period for a reserved name is 90 days.
(2) For the purpose of subsection 12(2) of the Act, the prescribed term is one of the following: “Association”, “Center”, “Centre”, “Fondation”, “Foundation”, “Institut”, “Institute” or “Society”.
59 For the purposes of subsections 13(5) and 296(8) of the Act, the prescribed period is 60 days.
PART 4By-Laws and Meetings of Members
60 For the purpose of section 153 of the Act, the prescribed period is 12 months after the day on which the members confirm or amend the by-law, amendment or repeal.
Time Period for Annual Meeting of Members
61 (1) For the purpose of paragraph 160(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed period is 18 months.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph 160(1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed period is not later than 15 months after the last preceding annual meeting but not later than six months after the end of the corporation’s preceding financial year.
62 (1) For the purposes of paragraphs 161(1)(a) and (b) of the Act, the prescribed period is 21 to 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held.
(2) For the purposes of paragraphs 161(1)(c) and (d) of the Act, the prescribed period is 60 days before the day on which the determination is made.
(3) For the purpose of subparagraph 161(2)(b)(i) of the Act, the prescribed period is 10 days.
63 (1) For the purpose of subsection 162(1) of the Act, one or more of the following manners is a prescribed manner of giving notice:
(a) by mail, courier or personal delivery to each member entitled to vote at the meeting, during a period of 21 to 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held;
(b) by telephonic, electronic or other communication facility to each member entitled to vote at the meeting, during a period of 21 to 35 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held;
(c) by affixing the notice, no later than 30 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, to a notice board on which information respecting the corporation’s activities is regularly posted and that is located in a place frequented by members; and
(d) in the case of a corporation that has more than 250 members, by publication
(i) at least once in each of the three weeks immediately before the day on which the meeting is to be held in one or more newspapers circulated in the municipalities in which the majority of the members of the corporation reside as shown by their addresses in the register of members, or
(ii) at least once in a publication of the corporation that is sent to all its members, during a period of 21 to 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held.
(2) For the purpose of subsection 162(1) of the Act, if the by-laws provide for an electronic means of giving notice, the by-laws shall also set out one or more of the methods set out in paragraphs (1)(a), (c) or (d) as a non-electronic alternative manner of doing so to be used if a member requests that the notice be given by non-electronic means and, despite subsection 162(2) of the Act, if no alternative manner is set out in the by-laws, the corporation shall only send a copy of the notice to members that request a copy.
(3) For the purposes of subsections 162(2) and (3) of the Act, the prescribed period is 21 to 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held.
(4) For the purpose of subsection 162(7) of the Act, the prescribed period is 31 days.
(5) For the purpose of subsection 162(8) of the Act, the prescribed period is 30 days.
2 - Corporate Records and Registers
9 - Electronic Documents
15 - Dispensation Requirement
16 - PART 2 - Time Periods and Prescribed Amounts
16 - Definition of “soliciting corporation”
17 - Debt Obligation Certificates and Transfers
23 - Trust Indentures
26 - Receivers, Receiver-Managers and Sequestrators
27 - Directors and Officers
31 - Liquidation and Dissolution
39 - Remedies, Offences and Punishment
42 - PART 3 - Corporate Names
43 - Confusing Names
51 - General Prohibitions
56 - Non-distinctive Names
57 - Deceptively Misdescriptive Names
58 - General
60 - PART 4 - By-Laws and Meetings of Members
60 - By-laws
61 - Time Period for Annual Meeting of Members
62 - Record Date
63 - Notice of Meeting of Members
64 - Member Proposals
70 - Quorum for Meeting of Members
71 - Communication Facilities for Meeting of Members
72 - Requisition of Meeting of Members
73 - Unanimous Member Agreements
74 - Absentee Voting
75 - PART 5 - Financial Disclosure
75 - General
79 - Contents of Financial Statements
80 - PART 6 - Public Accountant
85 - PART 7 - Fundamental Changes
88 - PART 8 - Rules of Procedure for Applications for Exemptions
89 - Time for Making Applications
93 - PART 9 - Cancellation of Articles and Certificates
94 - PART 10 - Prescribed Fees
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