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C-2.001 - Change of Name Act

Section 9
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Duties of Registrar General when application is granted or refused
9(1)When an application to change the registered name of a person is granted, the Registrar General shall immediately
(a) give written notice by certified mail to the applicant and to all objectors that the application has been granted,
(b) complete a registration form,
(c) register the change of name by signing and filing the registration form and causing it to be arranged, indexed and kept in the office of the Registrar General in accordance with subsection 17(1),
(d) issue to the applicant a certificate of change of registered name, and
(e) comply with the requirements set out in subsection 33(1) of the Vital Statistics Act.
9(1.1)When an application to change the registered name of a person is granted, the Registrar General shall promptly publish a notice in The Royal Gazette that the application has been granted.
9(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Registrar General may dispense with the publication of the notice in The Royal Gazette if, in the opinion of the Registrar General,
(a) the applicant would be unduly prejudiced by the publication of the notice,
(b) the publication of the notice would serve no useful purpose, or
(c) the applicant has been commonly known under the registered name applied for and granted.
9(2)A change of the registered name of a person made under this Act is not valid until it is registered by the Registrar General under paragraph (1)(c).
9(3)When an application to change the registered name of a person is refused, the Registrar General shall immediately give, by certified mail, written notice of the refusal to the applicant and to all objectors, together with a brief statement of the reasons for refusing the application.
9(4)Repealed: 1994, c.77, s.6
9(5)Upon the registration of a change of the registered name of a person, if the application to change the name disclosed an action continuing against the person, the Registrar General shall notify the clerk of the court for the appropriate judicial district of the change of name, providing full particulars of the action, and the clerk shall note the change of name on the appropriate records.
9(6)If the action referred to in subsection (5) is continuing in The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, the clerk referred to in subsection (5) shall notify the Registrar of the Court of Appeal of the change of name and the Registrar shall note the change of name on the appropriate records.
9(7)Upon the registration of a change of the registered name of a person, if the application to change the name disclosed a conviction of the person under the Criminal Code (Canada), in respect of which the person has not received a pardon, the Registrar General shall notify the police authority having jurisdiction in the area where the person resides of the change of name.
9(8)Repealed: 1994, c.77, s.6
9(9)Repealed: 1994, c.77, s.6
1994, c.77, s.6; 1995, c.11, s.3
Duties of Registrar General when application is granted or refused
9(1)When an application to change the registered name of a person is granted, the Registrar General shall immediately
(a) give written notice by certified mail to the applicant and to all objectors that the application has been granted,
(b) complete a registration form,
(c) register the change of name by signing and filing the registration form and causing it to be arranged, indexed and kept in the office of the Registrar General in accordance with subsection 17(1),
(d) issue to the applicant a certificate of change of registered name, and
(e) comply with the requirements set out in subsection 33(1) of the Vital Statistics Act.
9(1.1)When an application to change the registered name of a person is granted, the Registrar General shall promptly publish a notice in The Royal Gazette that the application has been granted.
9(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Registrar General may dispense with the publication of the notice in The Royal Gazette if, in the opinion of the Registrar General,
(a) the applicant would be unduly prejudiced by the publication of the notice,
(b) the publication of the notice would serve no useful purpose, or
(c) the applicant has been commonly known under the registered name applied for and granted.
9(2)A change of the registered name of a person made under this Act is not valid until it is registered by the Registrar General under paragraph (1)(c).
9(3)When an application to change the registered name of a person is refused, the Registrar General shall immediately give, by certified mail, written notice of the refusal to the applicant and to all objectors, together with a brief statement of the reasons for refusing the application.
9(4)Repealed: 1994, c.77, s.6
9(5)Upon the registration of a change of the registered name of a person, if the application to change the name disclosed an action continuing against the person, the Registrar General shall notify the clerk of the court for the appropriate judicial district of the change of name, providing full particulars of the action, and the clerk shall note the change of name on the appropriate records.
9(6)If the action referred to in subsection (5) is continuing in The Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, the clerk referred to in subsection (5) shall notify the Registrar of the Court of Appeal of the change of name and the Registrar shall note the change of name on the appropriate records.
9(7)Upon the registration of a change of the registered name of a person, if the application to change the name disclosed a conviction of the person under the Criminal Code (Canada), in respect of which the person has not received a pardon, the Registrar General shall notify the police authority having jurisdiction in the area where the person resides of the change of name.
9(8)Repealed: 1994, c.77, s.6
9(9)Repealed: 1994, c.77, s.6
1994, c.77, s.6; 1995, c.11, s.3