Particulars of application for letters patent
6(1)The applicants for letters patent, who must be of the full age of nineteen years, shall file with the Director an application setting forth the following particulars:
(a)
the proposed corporate name of the company, which shall include the word “Limited” or “Limitée” or the abbreviation “Ltd.” or “Ltée”, which name shall not be that of any other known corporation or association, incorporated or unincorporated, or of any syndicate or partnership or of any individual or any name under which any known business is being carried on or so nearly resembling the same as to be liable to be confounded therewith, or otherwise on public grounds objectionable, except where the existing corporation, association, partnership, individual or person signifies its or his consent in writing to its or his name in whole or in part being granted to the proposed company;
(b)
the purposes for which its incorporation is sought;
(c)
the place within New Brunswick that is to be its head office;
(d)
the proposed amount of its capital stock which may be expressed in Canadian or other currency, or partly in one currency and partly in another;
(e)
the number of shares and the amount of each share; and in the case of shares without nominal or par value, the maximum aggregate amount for which such shares may be issued or allotted except where all such shares are stated in the application to be issued or allotted for a consideration other than cash, in which case the total value of such consideration shall be stated;
(f)
where the shares are to be of more than one class, the special rights, preferences, restrictions, conditions and limitations attaching to each class of shares;
(g)
the name in full and the address and calling of each of the applicants, with special mention of the names of not more than fifteen nor less than three of their number, who are to be the first or provisional directors of the company;
(h)
the amount and class of stock taken by each applicant, the amount, if any, paid in upon the stock by each applicant, and the manner in which the same has been paid, and is held for the company.
6(2)In the case of a non-trading company, the name may include the word “Incorporated” or “Incorporée”, or the abbreviation “Inc.” instead of “Limited”, “Limitée”, “Ltd.” or “Ltée” as required by subsection (1).
6(3)If the company has a name consisting of a separated or combined French and English form, it may from time to time use, and it may be legally designated by, either the French or English form of its name or both forms.
R.S., c.33, s.6; 1966, c.40, s.1; O.C. 64-312; 1972, c.5, s.2; 1977, c.11, s.1; 1978, c.D-11.2, s.7; 1991, c.27, s.10; 2002, c.15, s.5; 2002, c.29, s.3