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C-38 - Companies Act

Section 221
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221. Any existing legal person created by or under any special or general Act for any of the objects mentioned in section 218 may apply under this Part for the issue of letters patent constituting it as a legal person under this Part, and the enterprise registrar may issue such letters patent to continue the said legal person as a legal person governed by the provisions of this Part.
The enterprise register shall deposit the letters patent in the register and, subject to such deposit, but from the date of the letters patent, the legal person is continued under this Act.
The continuance does not affect the rights, obligations and deeds of the legal person that is continued as a legal person governed by this Part or those of its members. The legal person remains a party to any judicial or administrative proceedings to which the legal person thus continued was a party.
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 217; 1966-67, c. 72, s. 23; 1969, c. 26, s. 49; 1972, c. 61, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 138; 1993, c. 48, s. 315; 1999, c. 40, s. 70; 2002, c. 45, s. 278; 2024, c. 15, s. 128.
221. Any existing legal person created by or under any special or general Act for any of the objects mentioned in section 218 may apply under this Part for the issue of letters patent constituting it as a legal person under this Part, and the enterprise registrar may issue such letters patent constituting the members of the said legal person as a legal person governed by the provisions of this Part.
The enterprise registrar shall deposit the letters patent in the register, and, subject to such deposit, but from the issue of such letters patent, all the rights, property and obligations of the former legal person shall be and become transferred to the new legal person, and all proceedings may be continued or commenced by or against the new legal person that might have been continued or commenced by or against the old legal person.
The legal person shall thereafter be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Part, except that the liability of the members of the legal person to creditors of the old legal person shall remain as at the time of the issue of the letters patent.
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 217; 1966-67, c. 72, s. 23; 1969, c. 26, s. 49; 1972, c. 61, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 138; 1993, c. 48, s. 315; 1999, c. 40, s. 70; 2002, c. 45, s. 278.
221. Any existing legal person created by or under any special or general Act for any of the objects mentioned in section 218 may apply under this Part for the issue of letters patent constituting it as a legal person under this Part, and the Inspector General may issue such letters patent constituting the members of the said legal person as a legal person governed by the provisions of this Part.
The Inspector General shall deposit the letters patent in the register, and, subject to such deposit, but from the issue of such letters patent, all the rights, property and obligations of the former legal person shall be and become transferred to the new legal person, and all proceedings may be continued or commenced by or against the new legal person that might have been continued or commenced by or against the old legal person.
The legal person shall thereafter be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Part, except that the liability of the members of the legal person to creditors of the old legal person shall remain as at the time of the issue of the letters patent.
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 217; 1966-67, c. 72, s. 23; 1969, c. 26, s. 49; 1972, c. 61, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 138; 1993, c. 48, s. 315; 1999, c. 40, s. 70.
221. Any existing corporation created by or under any special or general Act for any of the objects mentioned in section 218 may apply under this Part for the issue of letters patent creating it a corporation under this Part, and the Inspector General may issue such letters patent incorporating the members of the said corporation as a corporation governed by the provisions of this Part.
The Inspector General shall deposit the letters patent in the register, and, subject to such deposit, but from the issue of such letters patent, all the rights, property and obligations of the former corporation shall be and become transferred to the new corporation, and all proceedings may be continued or commenced by or against the new corporation that might have been continued or commenced by or against the old corporation.
The corporation shall thereafter be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Part, except that the liability of the members to creditors of the old corporation shall remain as at the time of the issue of the letters patent.
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 217; 1966-67, c. 72, s. 23; 1969, c. 26, s. 49; 1972, c. 61, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 138; 1993, c. 48, s. 315.
221. Any existing corporation created by or under any special or general act for any of the objects mentioned in section 218 may apply under this Part for the issue of letters patent creating it a corporation under this Part, and the Inspector General may issue such letters patent incorporating the members of the said corporation as a corporation governed by the provisions of this Part.
Notice of the granting of the letters patent shall be forthwith given by the Inspector General by one insertion in the Gazette officielle du Québec, as in the form prescribed by him; and, subject to such publication, but counting from the issue of such letters patent, all the rights, property and obligations of the former corporation shall be and become transferred to the new corporation, and all proceedings may be continued or commenced by or against the new corporation that might have been continued or commenced by or against the old corporation.
The corporation shall thereafter be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Part, except that the liability of the members to creditors of the old corporation shall remain as at the time of the issue of the letters patent.
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 217; 1966-67, c. 72, s. 23; 1969, c. 26, s. 49; 1972, c. 61, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 138.
221. Any existing corporation created by or under any special or general act for any of the objects mentioned in section 218 may apply under this Part for the issue of letters patent creating it a corporation under this Part, and the Minister may issue such letters patent incorporating the members of the said corporation as a corporation governed by the provisions of this Part.
Notice of the granting of the letters patent shall be forthwith given by the Minister or the deputy minister of Financial Institutions and Cooperatives by one insertion in the Gazette officielle du Québec, as in the form prescribed by the Minister; and, subject to such publication, but counting from the issue of such letters patent, all the rights, property and obligations of the former corporation shall be and become transferred to the new corporation, and all proceedings may be continued or commenced by or against the new corporation that might have been continued or commenced by or against the old corporation.
The corporation shall thereafter be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Part, except that the liability of the members to creditors of the old corporation shall remain as at the time of the issue of the letters patent.
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 217; 1966-67, c. 72, s. 23; 1969, c. 26, s. 49; 1972, c. 61, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24.
221. Any existing corporation created by or under any special or general act for any of the objects mentioned in section 218 may apply under this Part for the issue of letters patent creating it a corporation under this Part, and the Minister may issue such letters patent incorporating the members of the said corporation as a corporation governed by the provisions of this Part.
Notice of the granting of the letters patent shall be forthwith given by the Minister or the deputy minister of Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Financial Institutions by one insertion in the Gazette officielle du Québec , as in the form prescribed by the Minister; and, subject to such publication, but counting from the issue of such letters patent, all the rights, property and obligations of the former corporation shall be and become transferred to the new corporation, and all proceedings may be continued or commenced by or against the new corporation that might have been continued or commenced by or against the old corporation.
The corporation shall thereafter be governed in all respects by the provisions of this Part, except that the liability of the members to creditors of the old corporation shall remain as at the time of the issue of the letters patent.
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 217; 1966-67, c. 72, s. 23; 1969, c. 26, s. 49; 1972, c. 61, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11.
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