RTA · Business Corporations Act
Part 21 — Extra-provincial Corporations and Extra-provincial Matters
282 Name of extra-provincial corporation
the regulations, an extra-provincial corporation must not be
registered with a name or carry on business within Alberta under an
assumed name
(a) that is prohibited by the regulations or contains a word o r
expression prohibited by the regulations,
(b) that is identical to the name of
(i) a body corporate incorporated under the laws of Alberta,
unless the body corporate has been dissolved for a period
of 6 years or more,
(ii) an extra-provincial corporation registered in Alberta, or
(iii) a Canada corporation,
(c) that is similar to the name of
(i) a body corporate incorporated under the laws of Alberta,
(ii) an extra-provincial corporation registered in Alberta, or
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(iii) a Canada corporation,
if the use of that name is confusing or misleading, or
(d) that does not meet the requirements prescribed by the
regulations.
(2) If through inadvertence or otherwise an extra-provincial
corporation is registered with or later acquires a name that
contravenes subsection (1), the Registrar may, by notice in writing
giving the Registrar's reasons, direct the extra-provincial
corporation to change its name to one that the Registrar approves
within 90 days after the date of the notice.
(3) The Registrar may give a notice under subsection (2) on the
Registrar's own initiative or at the request of a person who feels
aggrieved by the name that contravenes subsection (1).
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