523. Chapter II applies to a declaration of registration presented under section 519 or 520.
The declaration of registration of a natural person described in paragraph 1 of section 2 and operating a business on 31 December 1993 or the declaration of registration of a partnership described in paragraph 2 of section 2 and existing on 31 December 1993 which contains a name that includes the term “enregistré”, “et compagnie”, an abbreviation of those terms or any other word or phrase that indicates more than one member or that one or more persons make use of the name of another person in accordance with article 1834b of the Civil Code of Lower Canada or with section 10 of the Companies and Partnerships Declaration Act (chapter D-1) is deemed not to contravene subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 13.