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A-32 - Act respecting insurance

Section 207
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207. Every legal person not constituted under an Act of Québec which does not have its head office in Québec shall, when applying for a licence, appoint a chief representative in Québec.
The representative must be a person in authority who is resident in Québec.
The legal person must facilitate access, at its head office and each of its establishments, to any information and documents the representative considers necessary for the carrying out of his or her functions.
The representative shall also act as the attorney authorized to receive service or notification of the proceedings addressed to the legal person. However, where the representative is a legal person, any individual holding a managerial position with the legal person may be designated as attorney.
1974, c. 70, s. 207; 1984, c. 22, s. 43; 1996, c. 63, s. 80; 1999, c. 40, s. 33; 2002, c. 70, s. 88; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
207. Every legal person not constituted under an Act of Québec which does not have its head office in Québec shall, when applying for a licence, appoint a chief representative in Québec.
The representative must be a person in authority who is resident in Québec.
The legal person must facilitate access, at its head office and each of its establishments, to any information and documents the representative considers necessary for the carrying out of his or her functions.
The representative shall also act as the attorney authorized to be served with the proceedings addressed to the legal person. However, where the representative is a legal person, any individual holding a managerial position with the legal person may be designated as attorney.
1974, c. 70, s. 207; 1984, c. 22, s. 43; 1996, c. 63, s. 80; 1999, c. 40, s. 33; 2002, c. 70, s. 88.
207. Every legal person not constituted under an Act of Québec which does not have its head office in Québec shall, when applying for a licence, appoint a chief representative in Québec.
The representative must be a person in authority who is resident in Québec.
The representative shall also act as the attorney authorized to be served with the proceedings addressed to the legal person. However, where the representative is a legal person, any individual holding a managerial position with the legal person may be designated as attorney.
1974, c. 70, s. 207; 1984, c. 22, s. 43; 1996, c. 63, s. 80; 1999, c. 40, s. 33.
207. Every legal person not incorporated under an Act of Québec which does not have its head office in Québec shall, when applying for a licence, appoint a chief representative in Québec.
The representative must be a person in authority who is resident in Québec.
The representative shall also act as the attorney authorized to be served with the proceedings addressed to the legal person. However, where the representative is a legal person, any individual holding a managerial position with the legal person may be designated as attorney.
1974, c. 70, s. 207; 1984, c. 22, s. 43; 1996, c. 63, s. 80.
207. Every corporation not incorporated under an Act of Québec which does not have its head office in Québec shall, when applying for a licence, appoint a chief representative in Québec.
The representative must be a person in authority who is resident in Québec.
The representative shall also act as the attorney authorized to be served with the proceedings addressed to the corporation. However, where the representative is a corporation, any individual holding a managerial position with the corporation may be designated as attorney.
1974, c. 70, s. 207; 1984, c. 22, s. 43.
207. The power of attorney must be signed on behalf of the corporation by at least two of its directors or officers in the presence of a witness who shall attest under oath to the office of each of such signatories and to the authenticity of their signatures.
It may also be signed by any person authorized by the corporation to appoint its attorneys in every province of Canada; the power of attorney shall be signed in the presence of a witness who shall attest under oath to the office of such person and to the authenticity of his signature; a true copy of the document appointing such person as attorney to the corporation must accompany the power of attorney.
1974, c. 70, s. 207.
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