72. Only a legal person that maintains an establishment in Québec may register with the Bureau to act as a firm.
The following may, in particular, register as a firm: — insurers;
— banks or authorized foreign banks listed in Schedule I, II or III to the Bank Act (Statutes of Canada, 1991, chapter 46);
— trust and loan companies within the meaning of the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Statutes of Canada, 1991, chapter 45);
— financial services cooperatives within the meaning of the Act respecting financial services cooperatives (chapter C-67.3);
— trust companies within the meaning of the Act respecting trust companies and savings companies (chapter S‐29.01); — securities dealers or securities advisers registered under the Securities Act (chapter V‐1.1). For the purposes of this Act, a Lloyd’s insurer is deemed to be a legal person.
1998, c. 37, s. 72; 2000, c. 29, s. 637; 2002, c. 45, s. 357; 2002, c. 70, s. 186.