27.1R1. For the purposes of paragraph h of section 27.1 of the Act,(a) a corporation shall furnish a copy of its articles of incorporation, its letters patent or any similar document and, where applicable, its articles of amendment, its articles of amalgamation, its supplementary letters patent or any similar document, except where those documents have been filed with the enterprise registrar;
(b) a corporation referred to in paragraph a that has been in business for more than one year must, at the time of the corporation’s application, have complied with the provisions of the Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises (chapter P-44.1), where the corporation is incorporated under the laws of Québec;
(c) a corporation referred to in paragraph a that has been in business for more than one year shall, where the corporation is incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction other than Québec, furnish any document similar to the attestation that would be issued by the enterprise registrar, if the corporation were incorporated under the laws of Québec, indicating that the corporation is, at the time of the application, in compliance with the Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises, provided that the document is issued by the competent authority of that jurisdiction and attests to the corporation’s compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction;
(d) a partnership shall furnish a copy of the contract of partnership;
(e) a person referred to in section 31.3 of the Act shall furnish a certificate delivered by the agent designated by that person and confirming the agent’s designation; and
(f) a person, its officers, its directors or, in the case of a partnership, its members must, at the request of the Minister and on the terms and conditions the Minister determines, obtain any attestation the Minister considers relevant from a federal, provincial, municipal or local authority or body, and provide it to the Minister.