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B-9.1 - Business Corporations Act

Section 185
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185(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing any matter required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed;
(b) requiring the payment of a fee in respect of the filing, examination or copying of any document, or in respect of any action that the Director is required or authorized to take under this Act;
(c) prescribing the amount of any fee required to be paid under this Act or the regulations;
(c.1) waiving, in whole or in part, any fee required to be paid under this Act or the regulations subject to such terms and conditions as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers appropriate;
(c.2) setting terms and conditions relating to the payment of fees;
(d) respecting the format and contents of annual returns, notices and other documents required to be sent to the Director or to be issued by him;
(e) prescribing rules with respect to exemptions permitted by this Act;
(e.1) defining “bank” for the purposes of paragraph 195(d);
(f) prescribing recognized stock exchanges for the purpose of this Act;
(g) prescribing rules with respect to names prohibited by this Act.
(h) Repealed: 2023, c.2, s.128
185(2)Repealed: 2023, c.2, s.128
1997, c.22, s.3; 2000, c.9, s.24; 2023, c.2, s.128
Regulations
185(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing any matter required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed;
(b) requiring the payment of a fee in respect of the filing, examination or copying of any document, or in respect of any action that the Director is required or authorized to take under this Act;
(c) prescribing the amount of any fee required to be paid under this Act or the regulations;
(c.1) waiving, in whole or in part, any fee required to be paid under this Act or the regulations subject to such terms and conditions as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers appropriate;
(c.2) setting terms and conditions relating to the payment of fees;
(d) respecting the format and contents of annual returns, notices and other documents required to be sent to the Director or to be issued by him;
(e) prescribing rules with respect to exemptions permitted by this Act;
(e.1) defining “bank” for the purposes of paragraph 195(d);
(f) prescribing recognized stock exchanges for the purpose of this Act;
(g) prescribing rules with respect to names prohibited by this Act; or
(h) exempting from any provision of this Act a shareholder dividend re-investment plan which was in force on or before December 31, 1979.
185(2)For the purposes of this section, “dividend re-investment plan” means any plan whereby a shareholder of a corporation, while a member of such plan, may subscribe for and purchase shares of that corporation by assignment of dividends paid on shares of that corporation owned by him or held on his behalf or by making additional cash payments, all in accordance with the provisions of such plan.
1997, c.22, s.3; 2000, c.9, s.24
Regulations
185(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing any matter required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed;
(b) requiring the payment of a fee in respect of the filing, examination or copying of any document, or in respect of any action that the Director is required or authorized to take under this Act;
(c) prescribing the amount of any fee required to be paid under this Act or the regulations;
(c.1) waiving, in whole or in part, any fee required to be paid under this Act or the regulations subject to such terms and conditions as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers appropriate;
(c.2) setting terms and conditions relating to the payment of fees;
(d) respecting the format and contents of annual returns, notices and other documents required to be sent to the Director or to be issued by him;
(e) prescribing rules with respect to exemptions permitted by this Act;
(e.1) defining “bank” for the purposes of paragraph 195(d);
(f) prescribing recognized stock exchanges for the purpose of this Act;
(g) prescribing rules with respect to names prohibited by this Act; or
(h) exempting from any provision of this Act a shareholder dividend re-investment plan which was in force on or before December 31, 1979.
185(2)For the purposes of this section, “dividend re-investment plan” means any plan whereby a shareholder of a corporation, while a member of such plan, may subscribe for and purchase shares of that corporation by assignment of dividends paid on shares of that corporation owned by him or held on his behalf or by making additional cash payments, all in accordance with the provisions of such plan.
1997, c.22, s.3; 2000, c.9, s.24