4. Every applicant must, to obtain a certificate, be resident in Québec.
For the purposes of this Act, “resident in Québec”,(1) in the case of a natural person, means domiciled in Québec;
(2) in the case of a legal person with share capital, means(a) having its head office in Québec;
(b) not directly or indirectly controlled by one or several persons not resident in Québec;
(c) having share capital of which more than 50% in number and value of the issued shares carrying full voting rights are owned by one or several persons resident in Québec;
(3) in the case of a partnership, means(a) having its principal establishment in Québec;
(b) composed of members more than one-half of whom are persons resident in Québec who own interests representing more than 50% of the aggregate value of the partnership property;
(4) in the case of a cooperative or a professional syndicate, means(a) having its head office in Québec;
(b) composed of members more than one-half of whom are persons resident in Québec;
(5) in the case of a group of persons contemplated in paragraph 3 of section 3, means composed of persons resident in Québec within the meaning of paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4.
1983, c. 16, s. 4; 1999, c. 40, s. 98.