CPA · Business Corporations Act
Part 21 — Extra-provincial Corporations and Extra-provincial Matters
285 Cancellation of registration
registration of an extra-provincial corporation if
(a) the extra-provincial corporation is in default for a perio d of
one year in sending to the Registrar any fee, notice or
document required by this Part or section 270,
(b) the extra-provincial corporation has sent a notice to the
Registrar under subsection (4) or the Registrar has
reasonable grounds to believe that the extra-provincial
corporation has ceased to carry on business in Alberta,
(c) the extra-provincial corporation is dissolved,
(d) the extra-provincial corporation does not carry out an
undertaking given in accordance with the regulations, or
(e) repealed 2021 c18 s67,
(f) the extra-provinci al corporation has otherwise contravened
this Part.
(2) The Registrar shall not cancel the registration of an
extra-provincial corporation under subsection (1) until
(a) the Registrar has given at least 120 days' notice of the
proposed cancellation with the Registrar's reasons for it,
RSA 2000
(i) to the extra-provincial corporation
(A) at its head office, or
(B) by electronic means in accordance with the
provisions of the Electronic Transactions Act,
a n d
(ii) to its agent for service in accordance with section 288,
(b) the Registrar has published a notice of the proposed
cancellation in the Registrar's periodical or The Alberta
Gazette, and
(c) either no appeal i s commenced under section 247 or, if an
appeal has been commenced, it has been discontinued or the
Registrar's decision is confirmed on the appeal.
(2.1) Unless cause to the contrary has been shown or an order has
been made by the Court under section 247, the Registrar may, after
the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (2)(a), issue a
certificate of cancellation of registration.
(3) The Registrar may reinstate the registration of an
extra-provincial corporation that was cancelled under subsection
(1)(a) on the receipt by the Registrar of the fees, notices and
documents required to be sent to the Registrar and of the prescribed
reinstatement fee.
(4) An extra-provincial corporation that ceases to carry on business
in Alberta shall send a notice to that effect to the Registrar.
(5) A notice under subsection (2)(a) is deemed to have been
received at the time it would be delivered in the ordinary course of
mail or electronic means despite the fact that it is returned as
undeliverable.
RSA 2000 cB-9 s285;2020 c25 s1;2021 c18 s67