B-5.1 - Unclaimed Property Act

Section 35 Disposition versions

2023-12-07

35. For the purposes of this Act, any person authorized for that purpose by the Minister may, by a formal demand notified in accordance with the second paragraph, require from any person, whether or not the person is subject to an obligation under this Act, that the person file, within a reasonable time specified in the demand and in accordance with the second paragraph, information or documents, including a statement, return or report.

The notification or filing to which the first paragraph refers may be made

(1)  by registered mail;

(2)  by personal service; or

(3)  by a technological means, where the person is a bank or a savings and credit union, within the meaning assigned to those expressions by section 1 of the Taxation Act (chapter I-3), that has provided written consent to be notified by such a means.

The filing by way of a technological means of information or documents by a bank or a savings and credit union must be made in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the person authorized by the Minister.

The person to whom the demand is made must, within the specified time, comply with the demand, whether or not the person has already filed such information or documents referred to in the first paragraph following a similar demand made under this Act.

The formal demand must mention the consequences of a failure to comply as set out in section 38.

2011, c. 10, s. 35; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2023, c. 30, s. 68.

2016-01-01

35. For the purposes of this Act, any person authorized for that purpose by the Minister may, by a formal demand notified by registered mail or by personal service, require from any person, whether or not the person is subject to an obligation under this Act, that the person file by registered mail or by personal service, within a reasonable time specified in the demand, information or documents, including a statement, return or report.

The person to whom the demand is made must, within the specified time, comply with the demand, whether or not the person has already filed such a statement, return or report following a similar demand made under this Act.

The formal demand must mention the consequences of a failure to comply as set out in section 38.

2011, c. 10, s. 35; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).

2011-06-13

35. For the purposes of this Act, any person authorized for that purpose by the Minister may, by a formal demand delivered by registered mail or personal service, require from any person, whether or not the person is subject to an obligation under this Act, that the person file by registered mail or personal service, within a reasonable time specified in the demand, information or documents, including a statement, return or report.

The person to whom the demand is made must, within the specified time, comply with the demand, whether or not the person has already filed such a statement, return or report following a similar demand made under this Act.

The formal demand must mention the consequences of a failure to comply as set out in section 38.

2011, c. 10, s. 35.