Acts and Regulations

C-13 - Companies Act

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Head Office and shareholders meetings
39(1)The company shall at all times have its head office at a stated place in the Province, which shall be the legal domicile of the company in New Brunswick; the company may establish such other offices and agencies elsewhere as it deems expedient.
39(2)If, in the application for letters patent or supplementary letters patent, permission is sought to hold meetings, either annual or special or both, of the shareholders of the company outside the Province, such permission may be granted in the discretion of the Director, but the head office of the Company shall, notwithstanding such permission, be located within the Province.
39(3)If, in the application for letters patent or supplementary letters patent, permission is sought by the applicants, and the Director, by reason of the circumstances set forth in such application, deems it expedient so to do, he may by the letters patent or supplementary letters patent grant permission to the company to hold meetings of the directors outside the Province.
39(4)A company incorporated by Act of Assembly has the right by law to change the location of its head office in the Province as fully as if the same had been incorporated by letters patent so long as the head office is not located outside the limits of the Province.
39(5)The seal of the company shall be kept at its head office, but a duplicate seal or seals of the company may be authorized by by-law to be kept and used elsewhere.
39(6)Unless the letters patent otherwise provide, the directors of a company may change the place or address of the company’s head office.
39(7)Repealed: 2002, c.15, s.16
39(8)A company shall file with the Director, within fifteen days after any change in the place or address of its head office, a notice in the prescribed form.
R.S., c.33, s.38; O.C. 64-312; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.7; 1981, c.12, s.8; 2002, c.15, s.16; 2002, c.29, s.3
Head Office and shareholders meetings
39(1)The company shall at all times have its head office at a stated place in the Province, which shall be the legal domicile of the company in New Brunswick; the company may establish such other offices and agencies elsewhere as it deems expedient.
39(2)If, in the application for letters patent or supplementary letters patent, permission is sought to hold meetings, either annual or special or both, of the shareholders of the company outside the Province, such permission may be granted in the discretion of the Director, but the head office of the Company shall, notwithstanding such permission, be located within the Province.
39(3)If, in the application for letters patent or supplementary letters patent, permission is sought by the applicants, and the Director, by reason of the circumstances set forth in such application, deems it expedient so to do, he may by the letters patent or supplementary letters patent grant permission to the company to hold meetings of the directors outside the Province.
39(4)A company incorporated by Act of Assembly has the right by law to change the location of its head office in the Province as fully as if the same had been incorporated by letters patent so long as the head office is not located outside the limits of the Province.
39(5)The seal of the company shall be kept at its head office, but a duplicate seal or seals of the company may be authorized by by-law to be kept and used elsewhere.
39(6)Unless the letters patent otherwise provide, the directors of a company may change the place or address of the company’s head office.
39(7)Repealed: 2002, c.15, s.16
39(8)A company shall file with the Director, within fifteen days after any change in the place or address of its head office, a notice in the prescribed form.
R.S., c.33, s.38; O.C.64-312; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.7; 1981, c.12, s.8; 2002, c.15, s.16; 2002, c.29, s.3