3. Every shareholder of a company shall be a natural person and the actual owner of the shares. A shareholder may also be a venture capital legal person, provided that the shareholder is the actual owner of the shares which must have been acquired by the shareholder before 1 April 1998.
1985, c. 9, s. 3; 1988, c. 80, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 305; 1999, c. 83, s. 295.