C-22 - Fish and Game Clubs Act

À jour au 22 octobre 1999

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chapter C-22

Fish and Game Clubs Act

1. Upon the petition of at least five persons of the age of majority and upon payment of the fees exigible, the Inspector General of Financial Institutions may issue an order constituting as a club, vested with legal personality, the petitioners and all other persons who thereafter become members thereof; a club thus constituted may acquire and hold all such property as is necessary to accomplish the objects and purposes mentioned in section 2.

The name of a club shall be in conformity with section 9.1 of the Companies Act (chapter C‐38).

The Inspector General shall refuse to constitute a club whose proposed name is not in conformity with any of paragraphs 1 to 6 of section 9.1 of the Companies Act.

The Inspector General may require from the petitioners all information he deems necessary before granting their petition.

The Inspector General shall deposit the order in the register instituted in accordance with the Act respecting the legal publicity of sole proprietorships, partnerships and legal persons (chapter P‐45).

A tariff of the fees payable for the constitution of such clubs shall be established and may be amended by the Government, upon the recommendation of the Minister of Finance; such fees to range, according to the importance of the club, from $25 to $50 when all the petitioners are domiciled within Québec, and from $100 to $200 in other cases.

R. S. 1964, c. 204, s. 1; 1969, c. 26, s. 22; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 111; 1993, c. 48, s. 209; 1999, c. 40, s. 53.

2. The aim and object of such clubs shall be to aid in the enforcement of the laws and regulations for the protection of fish and game in Québec.

Whenever the Inspector General of Financial Institutions is satisfied, upon satisfactory evidence, and upon report that any club constituted under this act is engaged in any other pursuit than the foregoing, the powers conferred in virtue of section 1 shall be revoked.

R. S. 1964, c. 204, s. 2; 1969, c. 26, s. 23; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 112; 1999, c. 40, s. 53.

3. The members of any such club may adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for the management of their affairs as they see fit.

R. S. 1964, c. 204, s. 3; 1969, c. 26, s. 24; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1979, c. 32, s. 5.

4. Every such club shall forward to the Inspector General of Financial Institutions, on or about the first of April and on or about the first of October, in each year, a duly certified list of its members, mentioning their residence, and another list of the guests and visitors, giving their residence.

R. S. 1964, c. 204, s. 4; 1969, c. 26, s. 25; 1975, c. 76, s. 11; 1981, c. 9, s. 24; 1982, c. 52, s. 112; 1999, c. 40, s. 53.

5. In so far as applicable, the provisions of the Companies Act (chapter C‐38) shall govern clubs for the protection of fish and game.

The remedy provided for in section 123.27.1 of that Act, adapted as required, may be exercised in respect of the name of a club.

R. S. 1964, c. 204, s. 5; 1993, c. 48, s. 210; 1999, c. 40, s. 53.

6. (This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987).

1982, c. 21, s. 1; U. K., 1982, c. 11, Sch. B, Part I, s. 33.

REPEAL SCHEDULE

In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes (chapter R-3), chapter 204 of the Revised Statutes, 1964, in force on 31 December 1977, is repealed effective from the coming into force of chapter C-22 of the Revised Statutes.