Bill C-5
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Negotiable
instruments
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(2) Except when a transfer is restricted and
noted on a security in accordance with
subsection 183(2), a security is a negotiable
instrument.
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Registerable
form
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(3) A security is in registered form if it
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Order form
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(4) A debt obligation is in order form if, by
its terms, it is payable to the order of a person
specified with reasonable certainty in it or to
a person to whom it is assigned.
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Bearer form
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(5) A security is in bearer form if it is
payable to bearer according to its terms and
not by reason of an endorsement.
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Guarantor for
issuer
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(6) A guarantor for an issuer is deemed to be
an issuer to the extent of the guarantee,
whether or not the obligation is noted on the
security.
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Application |
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Application
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178. This Part governs the transfer or
transmission of a security.
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Security Certificates |
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Security
certificate
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179. Every security holder is entitled, at
their option, to obtain from the cooperative
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Fee
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180. A cooperative may charge a
reasonable fee for a security certificate issued
in respect of a transfer.
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Joint owners
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181. If securities are held jointly by more
than one person,
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Signatures
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182. (1) A security certificate must be
signed manually by one of the following
individuals, or a facsimile of the signature
must be reproduced on the certificate:
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Former
director
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(2) A cooperative may issue security
certificates that contain the signature of a
person who is no longer a director or officer
and the validity of the certificate is not
adversely affected.
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Contents of
certificate
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183. (1) The following information must be
stated on the face of each security certificate
issued by a cooperative:
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Notation of
restrictions
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(2) No restriction, charge or endorsement
described in subsection (3) is effective against
a transferee of a security, issued by a
cooperative or by a body corporate before it is
continued under this Act, who has no actual
knowledge of the restriction, charge or
endorsement unless it or a reference to it is
noted conspicuously on the security
certificate.
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Restrictions,
etc.
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(3) The restrictions, charges and
endorsements referred to in subsection (2) are
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Restrictions
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(4) If the issued investment shares of a
cooperative are or were part of a distribution
to the public, remain outstanding and are held
by more than one person, the cooperative must
not restrict the transfer or ownership of its
investment shares of any class or series except
by way of a constraint under section 130.
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Conspicuous
notation
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(5) A reference to a constraint on the issue,
transfer or ownership of any class or series of
investment shares must be noted
conspicuously on every security certificate
evidencing such a share that is issued after the
share becomes subject to the constraint under
this Act, if the constraint is one
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Effect of
failure to note
constraint
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(6) A failure to note a constraint under
subsection (5) does not invalidate the
investment share or the security certificate
and does not render the constraint ineffective.
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Contents of
certificate
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184. (1) Every share certificate for an
investment share of a cooperative that is
authorized to issue shares of more than one
class or series must clearly state
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Copy of
information
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(2) If a share certificate for an investment
share contains the statement referred to in
paragraph (1)(b), the cooperative must
provide the shareholder, on demand and
without charge, with a copy of
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Fractional
shares
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185. (1) A cooperative may issue a
certificate for a fractional investment share or
may instead issue a scrip certificate in bearer
form that entitles the holder to receive a
certificate for a full investment share in
exchange for sufficient scrip certificates
equalling a full investment share.
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Conditions
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(2) The directors may attach conditions to
scrip certificates issued by the cooperative,
including conditions that
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Voting rights
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(3) A holder of a fractional investment share
is not entitled to exercise voting rights or to
receive a dividend in respect of the investment
share unless
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Exercise of
voting rights
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(4) A holder of a scrip certificate is not
entitled to exercise voting rights or to receive
a dividend in respect of the scrip certificate.
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Registers |
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Securities
register
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186. (1) A cooperative that issues securities
must maintain a securities register in which it
records the securities issued by it in registered
form, showing with respect to each class or
series
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Location of
register
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(2) The securities register must be
maintained at the cooperative's registered
office or at any other place in Canada
designated by the directors.
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Branch
registers
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(3) A cooperative may maintain additional
branch securities registers in other places
designated by the directors.
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Contents of
branch
register
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(4) A branch securities register only
contains particulars of securities issued or
transferred at the branch. The same
information is also recorded in the central
registry.
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Destruction of
certificates
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(5) A cooperative, its agent or mandatary or
a trustee as defined in section 266 is not
required to produce
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Agent
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187. A cooperative may appoint an agent to
maintain securities registers on its behalf.
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Registration
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188. The registration of the issue or transfer
of an investment share in a securities register
maintained by the cooperative is complete and
valid registration for all purposes.
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Trustee
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189. Subject to sections 51, 53 and 61, a
cooperative or a trustee as defined in section
266 may treat the person whose name appears
on the securities register as the owner of a
security as its owner for all purposes.
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Proof of
ownership
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190. If a cooperative restricts the right to
transfer its investment shares, the cooperative
may, despite section 189, treat a person as the
registered holder of a security if the person
provides the cooperative with evidence that
reasonably meets the requirements of the
cooperative that the person is
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Proof of
ownership
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191. A cooperative must treat a person,
other than one described in section 190, as
being entitled to exercise the rights and
privileges attached to a security if the person
provides proof that the person has acquired
ownership of the security by operation of law
or has legal authority to exercise the rights and
privileges.
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Joint owners
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192. If satisfactory proof of the death of a
joint holder of a security is provided to a
cooperative, it may treat any surviving joint
holders as the owner of the security.
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Duties of
cooperative
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193. A cooperative is not required to inquire
into the existence of, or see to the performance
of, any duty owed to a third person by a
registered holder or a person who may be
treated as a registered holder of a security.
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Minors
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194. If an individual who is less than
eighteen years of age exercises a right of
ownership in a security of a cooperative, no
subsequent repudiation or avoidance is
effective against the cooperative.
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Deceased
owner
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195. (1) Subject to any applicable law
relating to the collection of taxes, a person
who is an heir or a fiduciary of an estate or
succession of a deceased security holder is
entitled to become the registered holder or to
designate a registered holder if the person
deposits the following information with the
cooperative or its transfer agent, together with
any reasonable assurances that the
cooperative may require:
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Endorsement
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(2) A security certificate referred to in
paragraph (1)(a) must be endorsed
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Right of
cooperative
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(3) Deposit of the documents required by
subsection (1) empowers a cooperative or its
transfer agent to record in a securities register
the transmission of a security from the
deceased holder to the heir or fiduciary or to
any person that the heir or fiduciary may
designate and to treat the person who becomes
a registered holder as the owner of the
securities.
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Overissue
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196. (1) Subject to this section, the
provisions of this Part that validate a security
or compel its issue or reissue do not apply if
the validation, issue or reissue of a security
would result in overissue.
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Identical
security
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(2) The person who is entitled to a
validation or issue may, if there has been an
overissue and if a valid security that is similar
in all respects to the security involved in the
overissue is reasonably available for
purchase, compel the issuer to purchase and
deliver that security against the surrender of
the security that the person holds.
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If identical
security not
available
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(3) If a valid security that is similar in all
respects to the security involved in the
overissue is not reasonably available for
purchase, the person who is entitled to the
validation or issue may recover from the
issuer an amount equal to the price the last
purchaser for value paid for the invalid
security.
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Increase in
capital
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(4) The overissued securities are valid from
the date they were issued only if the issuer
increases the number of its authorized
securities to a number equal to or greater than
the number of securities previously authorized
plus the number of the securities overissued.
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Exemptions
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197. Sections 147 to 149 and 152 do not
apply to a payment or purchase by an issuer
under section 196.
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