S-31.1 - Business Corporations Act

Section 16 Disposition versions

2011-02-14

16. A corporation’s name must not

(1)  contravene the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11);

(2)  include an expression which the law reserves for another person or prohibits the corporation from using;

(3)  include an expression that evokes an immoral, obscene or scandalous notion;

(4)  incorrectly indicate the corporation’s juridical form or fail to indicate that form when required by law;

(5)  falsely suggest that the corporation is a non-profit group;

(6)  falsely suggest that the corporation is, or is related to, a public authority determined by government regulation;

(7)  falsely suggest that the corporation is related to another person or group of persons, particularly in the cases and in view of the criteria determined by government regulation;

(8)  be identical to a name reserved for or used by another person or group of persons in Québec, particularly in view of the criteria determined by government regulation;

(9)  be confusingly similar to a name reserved for or used by another person or group of persons in Québec, particularly in view of the criteria determined by government regulation; or

(10)  be misleading in any other manner.

2009, c. 52, s. 16.