C-67.3 - Act respecting financial services cooperatives

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17. The name of a financial services cooperative shall not
(1)  contravene the Charter of the French language (chapter C‐11);
(2)  include an expression which the law or the regulations reserve for another person or prohibit financial services cooperatives from using;
(3)  include an expression that evokes an immoral, obscene or offensive notion;
(4)  incorrectly indicate the juridical form of the financial services cooperative or fail to indicate such form where so required by law;
(5)  falsely suggest that the financial services cooperative is a non-profit group;
(6)  falsely suggest that the financial services cooperative is, or is related to, a public authority determined by regulation of the Government;
(7)  falsely suggest that the financial services cooperative is related to another person, partnership or group, in particular having regard to the cases and criteria determined by regulation of the Government;
(8)  lead to confusion with a name used by another person, partnership or group in Québec, in particular having regard to the criteria determined by regulation of the Government; or
(9)  be misleading, in any manner, for third persons.
The name of a financial services cooperative shall not contain the term “association” or “partnership”.
2000, c. 29, s. 17.