C-18.1 - Cinema Act

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104. Only a person or partnership that, for the purpose of operating a licence, possesses an enterprise having its principal establishment in Québec may hold a general distributor’s licence.
For the purposes of this section, the principal establishment is the place which is the centre of the decision making and actual direction of the enterprise.
The principal establishment of a legal person is presumed situated outside Québec
(1)  if the majority of the members of the board of directors are not domiciled in Québec, or
(2)  if the legal person is controlled in fact or at law by one or several natural persons not domiciled in Québec or by one or several legal persons whose principal establishment is situated outside Québec.
1983, c. 37, s. 104; 1999, c. 40, s. 50.
104. Only a natural person, a partnership of natural persons or a corporation that, for the purpose of operating a licence, possesses an enterprise having its principal establishment in Québec may hold a general distributor’s licence.
For the purposes of this section, the principal establishment is the place which is the centre of the decision making and actual direction of the enterprise.
Failing proof to the contrary established to the satisfaction of the Régie, the principal establishment is deemed situated outside Québec
(1)  if the majority of the members of the board of directors are not domiciled in Québec, or
(2)  if the corporation is controlled in fact or at law by one or several persons not domiciled in Québec or by one or several corporations whose principal establishment is situated outside Québec.
1983, c. 37, s. 104.