CPA · Business Corporations Act
Part 6 — Security Certificates,
49 Securities records
records the securities issued by it in registered form, showing with
respect to each class or series of securities
(a) the name and current cont act information of each person
who is or has been a security holder,
(b) the number of s ecurities held by each security holder, and
(c) the date and par ticulars of the issue and transfer of each
security.
(2) A corporation shall keep the information entered in the register
referred to in subsection (1) for the period of time prescribed in the
regulations.
(3) A corporation may appoint
(a) one or more trust corporations as its agent or agents to
maintain a central securities register or registers, and
(b) an agent or agents to maint ain a branch securities register or
registers.
RSA 2000
(4) Registration of the issue or transfer of a security in the central
securities register or in a branch securities register is complete and
valid registration for all purposes.
(5) A branch securities register shall contain particulars of
securities issued or transferred at that branch.
(6) Particulars of each issue or transfer of a security registered in a
branch securities register shall also be kept in the corresponding
central securities register.
(7) Neither a corporation, nor its agent nor a trustee defined in
section 81(1) is required to produce
(a) a cancelled security certif icate in registered form, an
instrument referred to in section 31(1) that is cancelled or a
like cancelled instrument in registered form 6 years after the
date of its cancellation,
(b) a cancelled security cer tificate in bearer form or an
instrument referred to in section 31(1) that is cancelled or a
like cancelled instrument in bearer form after the date of its
cancellation, or
(c) an instrument referred to in section 31(1) or a like
instrument, irrespective of its form, after the date of its
expiry.
RSA 2000 cB-9 s49;2021 c18 s14