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Part 21 — Extra-provincial Corporations and Extra-provincial Matters

282 Name of extra-provincial corporation

Current to 2023-12-07 · Official PDF

(1) Subject to the circumstances and conditions prescribed by
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).
RSA 2000 cB-9 s282;2008 c7 s2