Part 2 — Provincial Companies Subpart 1 Status and Powers of Provincial Companies
211 Division 13 General Names
have a name
(a) that is prohibited by the regulations or contains a word,
expression or symbol that is prohibited by the regulations,
(b) that is identical to the name of
(i) a body corporate, wh ether in existence or not,
incorporated under the laws of Alberta,
(ii) an extra-provincial body corporate registered in Alberta,
or
(iii) a body corporate incorporated by or under an Act of the
Parliament of Canada,
(c) that is similar to the name of
(i) a body corporate incorporat ed under the laws of Alberta,
(ii) an extra-provincial body corporate registered in Alberta,
or
(iii) a body corporate incorporated by or under an Act of the
Parliament of Canada,
if the use of that name is confusing or misleading, or
(d) that does not meet th e prescribed requirements.
(2) Subject to this Act and the regulations, a provincial company
may have a name in an English form, a French form, an English
form and a French form or a combined English and French form,
and it may be legally designated by any such name.
(3) Where, through inadvertence or otherwise, a provincial
company obtains a name that does not comply with this section, the
Minister may issue a certificate changing the name of the company.
(4) The Minister must publish a notice of a change of name made
under subsection (3) in The Alberta Gazette.
1999 cI-5.1 s211
RSA 2000