Bill C-21

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

178. In this Part, “designated corporation” means

(a) a soliciting corporation with annual revenues equal to or less than the prescribed amount; and

(b) a non-soliciting corporation with annual revenues equal to or less than the prescribed amount.

179. (1) In order to be a public accountant of a corporation, a person shall

(a) be a member in good standing of an institute or association of accountants incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province;

(b) meet any qualifications under an enactment of a province for performing any duty that the person is required to perform under sections 187 to 189; and

(c) subject to subsection (6), be independent of the corporation, any of its affiliates, or the directors or officers of the corporation or its affiliates.

(2) For the purposes of this section,

(a) independence is a question of fact; and

(b) a person is deemed not to be independent if that person or their business partner

(i) is a business partner, a director, an officer or an employee of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or is a business partner of any director, officer or employee of the corporation or any of its affiliates,

(ii) beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, a material interest in the debt obligations of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or

(iii) has been a receiver, receiver-manager, liquidator or trustee in bankruptcy of the corporation or any of its affiliates within two years before their proposed appointment as public accountant of the corporation.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person’s business partner includes a shareholder or member of that person.

(4) A public accountant who becomes disqualified under this section shall, subject to subsection (6), resign immediately after becoming aware of the disqualification.

(5) On the application of an interested person, a court may make an order declaring a public accountant to be disqualified under this section and the office of public accountant to be vacant.

(6) On the application of an interested person, a court may, if it is satisfied that the order would not unfairly prejudice the members of the corporation, make an order on any terms that it thinks fit relieving a public accountant from meeting any requirement under subsection (1). The order may have retroactive effect.

180. (1) Subject to section 181, members of a corporation shall, by ordinary resolution, at each annual meeting, appoint a public account­ant to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting.

(2) A public accountant appointed under section 128 is eligible for appointment under subsection (1).

(3) If a public accountant is not appointed at a meeting of members and if no resolution is taken under section 181, the incumbent public accountant continues in office until a successor is appointed.

(4) The remuneration of a public accountant may be fixed by ordinary resolution of the members or, if not so fixed, shall be fixed by the directors.

181. (1) Members of a designated corporation may resolve not to appoint a public accountant, but the resolution is not valid unless all the members entitled to vote at an annual meeting of members consent to the resolution.

(2) The resolution is valid until the following annual meeting of members.

182. (1) A public accountant of a corporation ceases to hold office when the public accountant

(a) dies or resigns; or

(b) is removed under section 183.

(2) A resignation of a public accountant becomes effective at the time a written resignation is sent to the corporation or at the time specified in the resignation, whichever is later.

183. (1) The members of a corporation may by ordinary resolution at a special meeting remove a public accountant from office, other than a public accountant appointed by a court under section 185.

(2) A vacancy created by the removal of a public accountant may be filled at the meeting at which the public accountant is removed or, if not so filled, may be filled under section 184.

184. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the directors shall immediately fill a vacancy in the office of public accountant.

(2) If there is not a quorum of directors, the directors then in office shall, within the prescribed period after a vacancy in the office of public accountant occurs, call a special meeting of members to fill the vacancy and, if they fail to call a meeting or if there are no directors, the meeting may be called by any member.

(3) The articles of a corporation may provide that a vacancy in the office of public accountant shall only be filled by vote of the members.

(4) A public accountant appointed to fill a vacancy holds office for the unexpired term of the public accountant’s predecessor.

185. (1) If a corporation does not have a public accountant, a court may, on the application of a member or the Director, appoint and fix the remuneration of a public accountant, who holds office until a public accountant is appointed by the members.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the members have resolved under section 181 not to appoint a public accountant.

186. (1) The public accountant is entitled to attend a meeting of members at the expense of the corporation and be heard on matters relating to the public accountant’s duties.

(2) If a director or member, whether or not the member is entitled to vote at the meeting, gives written notice not less than the prescribed period before a meeting of members to the public accountant or a former public accountant of the corporation, the public accountant or former public accountant shall attend the meeting at the expense of the corporation and answer questions relating to their duties.

(3) A director or member who sends the notice shall send a copy of the notice to the corporation at the same time.

(4) A public accountant is entitled to submit to the corporation a written statement giving reasons for resigning or for opposing their removal or replacement if a meeting of directors or members is called at which any of those matters will be dealt with.

(5) If a meeting is called to replace the public accountant, the corporation shall make a statement respecting the reasons for the replacement and the proposed replacement public accountant may make a statement respecting the reasons.

(6) The corporation shall immediately give notice to the members of the statements referred to in subsections (4) and (5) in the manner referred to in section 162 and shall immediately send a copy of the statements to the Director.

(7) No person shall accept an appointment or consent to be appointed as public accountant of a corporation to replace a public accountant who has resigned, been removed or whose term of office has expired or is about to expire until the person has requested and received from that public accountant a written statement of the circumstances and the reasons, in that public accountant’s opinion, for their replacement.

(8) A person otherwise qualified may accept an appointment or consent to be appointed as a public accountant if, within the prescribed period after making the request, the person does not receive a reply.

(9) The appointment of a person who does not make the request is void.

187. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the public accountant of a designated corporation shall conduct a review engagement in the prescribed manner.

(2) The public accountant of a designated corporation shall conduct an audit engagement in the prescribed manner if the corporation’s members pass an ordinary resolution requiring an audit engagement.

(3) The resolution is valid only until the following annual meeting of members or for the period specified in the resolution.

188. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the public accountant of a corporation that is not a designated corporation shall conduct an audit engagement in the prescribed manner.

(2) The public accountant of a soliciting corporation that is not a designated corporation shall conduct a review engagement in the prescribed manner if

(a) the corporation has annual revenues that are equal to or less than the prescribed amount; and

(b) its members pass a special resolution requiring a review engagement.

(3) The resolution is valid only until the following annual meeting of members.

189. After conducting an audit engagement or a review engagement, the public accountant shall report in the prescribed manner on the financial statements required by this Act to be placed before the members, except any financial statements or part of those statements that relate to the period referred to in subparagraph 172(1)(a)(ii).

190. (1) Despite section 191, a public accountant of a holding corporation may reasonably rely on the report of a public accountant of a body corporate or an unincorporated business the accounts of which are included in whole or in part in the financial statements of the corporation.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), reasonableness is a question of fact.

(3) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the financial statements of the holding corporation reported on by the public accountant are in consolidated form.

191. (1) At the request of a public account­ant of a corporation, the present or former directors, officers, employees, agents or mandataries of the corporation shall furnish the following, if they are reasonably able to do so and if, in the opinion of the public accountant, it is necessary to enable the public accountant to conduct the review or audit engagement required under section 187 or 188 and to make the report required under section 189:

(a) any information and explanations; and

(b) access to records, documents, books, accounts and vouchers of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

(2) On the demand of the public accountant of a corporation, the directors of the corporation shall

(a) obtain from the present or former directors, officers, employees, agents or mandataries of any subsidiary of the corporation the information and explanations that they are reasonably able to furnish and that are, in the opinion of the public accountant, necessary to enable the public accountant to conduct the review or audit engagement required under section 187 or 188 and to make the report required under section 189; and

(b) furnish the public accountant with the information and explanations so obtained.

(3) A person who in good faith makes an oral or written communication under subsection (1) or (2) is not liable in any civil proceeding arising from having made the communication.

192. (1) A corporation may have an audit committee and if it does, the committee shall be composed of not less than three directors, a majority of whom are not officers or employees of the corporation or any of its affiliates.

(2) The audit committee shall review the financial statements of the corporation before they are approved under section 177.

(3) The corporation shall send the public accountant notice of the time and place of any meeting of the audit committee. The public accountant is entitled to attend the meeting at the expense of the corporation and be heard, and shall attend every meeting of the committee if requested to do so by one of its members.

(4) The public accountant or a member of the audit committee may call a meeting of the committee.

193. (1) A director or an officer of a corporation shall immediately notify any audit committee and the public accountant of any error or misstatement of which the director or officer becomes aware in a financial statement that the public accountant or a former public accountant has reported on.

(2) A public accountant or former public accountant of a corporation who is notified or becomes aware of an error or misstatement in a financial statement on which they have reported shall, if in their opinion the error or misstatement is material, inform each director accordingly.

(3) When the public accountant or former public accountant informs the directors of an error or misstatement in a financial statement,

(a) the directors shall prepare and issue revised financial statements or otherwise inform the members; and

(b) the corporation shall send the Director a copy of the revised financial statements or a notice of the error or misstatement, if the corporation is one that is required to comply with section 176.

194. Any oral or written statement or report made under this Act by the public accountant or former public accountant of a corporation has qualified privilege.

PART 13

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES

195. (1) A special resolution of the members — or, if section 197 applies, of each applicable class or group of members — is required to make any amendment to the articles or the by-laws of a corporation to

(a) change the corporation’s name;

(b) change the province in which the corporation’s registered office is situated;

(c) add, change or remove any restriction on the activities that the corporation may carry on;

(d) create a new class or group of members;

(e) change a condition required for being a member;

(f) change the designation of any class or group of members or add, change or remove any rights and conditions of any such class or group;

(g) divide any class or group of members into two or more classes or groups and fix the rights and conditions of each class of group;

(h) add, change or remove a provision respecting the transfer of a membership;

(i) subject to section 134, increase or decrease the number of — or the minimum or maximum number of — directors fixed by the articles;

(j) change the statement of the mission of the corporation;

(k) change the statement concerning the distribution of the assets of the corporation on dissolution; or

(l) add, change or remove any other provision that is permitted by this Act to be set out in the articles.

(2) The directors of a corporation may, if authorized by the members in the special resolution effecting an amendment under this section, revoke the resolution before it is acted on without further approval of the members.

(3) Despite subsection (1), if a corporation has a designating number as a name, the directors may amend its articles to change that name to a verbal name.

196. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a director, or a member who is entitled to vote at an annual meeting of members, may, in accordance with section 163, propose to make an amendment referred to in subsection 195(1).

(2) Notice of a meeting of members at which a proposal to make an amendment referred to in subsection 195(1) is to be considered shall set out the proposed amendment.

197. (1) The members of a class or group of members are, unless the articles otherwise provide in the case of an amendment referred to in paragraphs (a) and (e), entitled to vote separately as a class or group on a proposal to make an amendment referred to in subsection 195(1) to

(a) effect an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of all or part of the memberships of the class or group;

(b) add, change or remove the rights or conditions attached to the memberships of the class or group, including

(i) to reduce or remove a liquidation preference, or

(ii) to add, remove or change prejudicially voting or transfer rights of the class or group;

(c) increase the rights of any other class or group of members having rights equal or superior to those of the class or group;

(d) increase the rights of a class or group of members having rights inferior to those of the class or group to make them equal or superior to those of the class or group;

(e) create a new class or group of members having rights equal or superior to those of the class or group; or

(f) effect an exchange or create a right of exchange of all or part of the memberships of another class or group into the memberships of the class or group.

(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not memberships of a class or group otherwise carry the right to vote.

(3) A proposal to make an amendment referred to in subsection (1) is adopted when the members of each class or group entitled to vote separately on the amendment as a class or group have approved the amendment by a special resolution.

198. Subject to any revocation under subsection 195(2), after an amendment to the articles has been adopted under section 195 or 197, articles of amendment in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.

199. On receipt of articles of amendment, the Director shall issue a certificate of amendment in accordance with section 274.

200. (1) An amendment to the articles becomes effective on the date shown in the certificate of amendment and the articles are amended accordingly.

(2) No amendment to the articles affects an existing cause of action or claim or liability to prosecution in favour of or against the corporation or its directors or officers, or any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which a corporation or its directors or officers is a party.

201. (1) The directors may at any time, and shall when so directed by the Director, restate the articles of incorporation.

(2) Restated articles of incorporation in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.

(3) On receipt of restated articles of incorporation, the Director shall issue a restated certificate of incorporation in accordance with section 274.

(4) Restated articles of incorporation are effective on the date shown in the restated certificate of incorporation and supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments to those articles.

202. Two or more corporations may amal-gam­ate and continue as one corporation.

203. (1) Each corporation proposing to amalgamate shall enter into an agreement setting out the terms and means of effecting the amalgamation and, in particular, setting out

(a) the provisions that are required to be included in articles of incorporation under section 7 or in the by-laws under section 154;

(b) the name and address of each proposed director of the amalgamated corporation;

(c) the manner in which the memberships of each amalgamating corporation are to be converted into memberships of the amalgam­ated corporation;

(d) whether the by-laws of the amalgamated corporation are to be those of one of the amalgamating corporations and, if not, a copy of the proposed by-laws; and

(e) details of any arrangements necessary to perfect the amalgamation and to provide for the subsequent management and operation of the amalgamated corporation.

(2) If a membership in an amalgamating corporation is held by or on behalf of another amalgamating corporation, the amalgamation agreement shall provide for the cancellation, without any repayment of capital, of the membership when the amalgamation becomes effective. No provision shall be made in the agreement for the conversion of the membership into membership of the amalgamated corporation.

204. (1) The directors of each amalgamating corporation shall submit the amalgamation agreement for approval to a meeting of the members of the amalgamating corporation of which they are directors and, subject to subsection (4), to the members of each class or group of members.

(2) Each amalgamating corporation shall give notice of a meeting of members in accordance with section 162 to its members and shall include in the notice a copy or summary of the amalgamation agreement.

(3) Each membership in an amalgamating corporation carries the right to vote in respect of an amalgamation agreement whether or not it otherwise carries the right to vote.

(4) The members of a class or group of members of each amalgamating corporation are entitled to vote separately as a class or group in respect of an amalgamation agreement if the amalgamation agreement contains a provision that, if contained in a proposed amendment to the articles, would entitle the members to vote as a class or group under section 197.

(5) Subject to subsection (4), an amalgamation agreement is adopted when the members of each amalgamating corporation have approved the amalgamation by special resolutions.

(6) An amalgamation agreement may provide that at any time before the issue of a certificate of amalgamation the agreement may be terminated by the directors of an amalgamating corporation, despite approval of the agreement by the members of all or any of the amalgamating corporations.

205. (1) A holding corporation and one or more of its subsidiary corporations may amalgamate and continue as one corporation without complying with sections 203 and 204 if

(a) the amalgamation is approved by a resolution of the directors of each amalgam­ating corporation;

(b) all memberships in each amalgamating subsidiary corporation are held by one or more of the other amalgamating corporations; and

(c) the resolutions provide that

(i) the memberships in each amalgamating subsidiary corporation shall be cancelled without any repayment of capital in respect of those memberships, and

(ii) except as may be prescribed, the articles of amalgamation shall be the same as the articles of the amalgamating holding corporation.

(2) Two or more wholly-owned subsidiary corporations of the same holding body corporate may amalgamate and continue as one corporation without complying with sections 203 and 204 if

(a) the amalgamation is approved by a resolution of the directors of each amalgam­ating corporation; and

(b) the resolutions provide that

(i) the memberships in all but one of the amalgamating subsidiary corporations shall be cancelled without any repayment of capital in respect those memberships, and

(ii) except as may be prescribed, the articles of amalgamation shall be the same as the articles of the amalgamating subsidiary corporation whose memberships are not cancelled.

206. (1) Subject to subsection 204(6), after an amalgamation has been adopted under section 204 or approved under section 205, articles of amalgamation in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director together with the documents required by sections 20 and 129.

(2) The articles of amalgamation shall have attached to them a statutory declaration of a director or an officer of each amalgamating corporation that establishes to the satisfaction of the Director that

(a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that

(i) each amalgamating corporation is, and the amalgamated corporation will be, able to pay its liabilities as they become due, and

(ii) the realizable value of the amalgam­ated corporation’s assets will not be less than the aggregate of its liabilities; and

(b) there are reasonable grounds for believing that

(i) no creditor will be prejudiced by the amalgamation, or

(ii) adequate notice has been given to all known creditors of the amalgamating corporations and no creditor objects to the amalgamation otherwise than on grounds that are frivolous or vexatious.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), adequate notice is given if

(a) a notice in writing is sent to each known creditor having a claim against the corporation that exceeds the prescribed amount;

(b) a notice is published once in a newspaper published or distributed in the place where the corporation has its registered office and reasonable notice is given in each province where the corporation carries on activities; and

(c) each notice states that the corporation intends to amalgamate with one or more specified corporations in accordance with this Act and that a creditor of the corporation may object to the amalgamation within the prescribed period.

(4) On receipt of articles of amalgamation, the Director shall issue a certificate of amalgam­ation in accordance with section 274.

207. On the date shown in a certificate of amalgamation, the amalgamation of the amalgamating corporations and their continuance as one corporation become effective and from that date

(a) the property of each amalgamating corporation continues to be the property of the amalgamated corporation;

(b) the amalgamated corporation continues to be liable for the obligations of each amalgamating corporation;

(c) an existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution is unaffected;

(d) a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against an amalgamating corporation may be continued by or against the amalgamated corporation;

(e) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, an amal­gamating corporation may be enforced by or against the amalgamated corporation; and

(f) the articles of amalgamation are deemed to be the articles of incorporation of the amalgamated corporation and the certificate of amalgamation is deemed to be the certificate of incorporation of the amalgam­ated corporation.

208. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a corporation may not amalgamate with one or more bodies corporate under the Bank Act, the Cooperative Credit Associations Act, the Insurance Companies Act or the Trust and Loan Companies Act unless the corporation is first authorized to do so by the members in accordance with section 204.

(2) A corporation may not amalgamate with one or more bodies corporate under the provisions of one of the Acts referred to in subsection (1) respecting short-form amalgamations unless the corporation is first authorized to do so by the directors in accordance with section 205.

(3) On receipt of a notice that a corporation has amalgamated under one of the Acts referred to in subsection (1), the Director shall issue a certificate of discontinuance in accordance with section 274 if the Director is of the opinion that the corporation has been amalgamated in accordance with this section.

(4) For the purposes of section 274, a notice referred to in subsection (3) is deemed to be articles that are in the form that the Director fixes.

(5) This Act ceases to apply to the corporation on the date shown in the certificate of discontinuance.

(6) For greater certainty, section 206 does not apply to a corporation that amalgamates under one of the Acts referred to in subsection (1).

209. (1) A body corporate incorporated otherwise than by or under an Act of Parliament may apply to the Director for a certificate of continuance if so authorized by the laws of the jurisdiction where it is incorporated and if the body corporate satisfies, or by its articles of continuance would satisfy, the requirements for incorporation under this Act.

(2) A body corporate that applies for a certificate under subsection (1) may, without so stating in its articles of continuance, effect by those articles any amendment to its act of incorporation, articles, letters patent or memo­randum or articles of association that a corporation incorporated under this Act may make to its articles.

(3) If the body corporate is a body corporate with share capital, it shall establish the terms and conditions on which it is converted to a body corporate without share capital.

(4) If a body corporate wishes to apply for a certificate under subsection (1), articles of continuance in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director together with the documents required by sections 20 and 129.

(5) On receipt of articles of continuance, the Director shall issue a certificate of continuance in accordance with section 274.

(6) From the date shown in the certificate of continuance

(a) the body corporate becomes a corporation to which this Act applies as if it had been incorporated under this Act;

(b) the articles of continuance are deemed to be the articles of incorporation of the continued corporation;

(c) the certificate of continuance is deemed to be the certificate of incorporation of the continued corporation; and

(d) any shareholders or members cease to be shareholders or members of the body corporate and become members of the continued corporation.

(7) The Director shall immediately send a copy of the certificate of continuance to the appropriate official or public body in the jurisdiction in which continuance under this Act was authorized.

(8) From the date of continuance of a body corporate as a corporation under this Act,

(a) the property of the body corporate continues to be the property of the corporation;

(b) the corporation continues to be liable for the obligations of the body corporate;

(c) an existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution is unaffected;

(d) any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against the body corporate may be continued by or against the corporation; and

(e) any conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, the body corporate may be enforced by or against the corporation.

(9) A membership in a body corporate issued before the body corporate was continued under this Act is deemed to have been issued in compliance with this Act and the articles of continuance.

210. (1) In this section, “charter” includes

(a) an Act of incorporation and any amendments to that Act; and

(b) any letters patent, supplementary letters patent, certificate of incorporation and certificate of amendment.

(2) In connection with a continuance under this Act, the shareholders or members of a body corporate incorporated or continued by or under an Act of Parliament other than this Act who are entitled to vote at annual meetings of shareholders or members may, despite any provision in any other Act of Parliament or any provision in the charter of the body corporate,

(a) by special resolution, authorize the directors of the body corporate to apply under section 209 for a certificate of continuance; and

(b) by the same resolution, make any amendment to the charter of the body corporate that a corporation incorporated under this Act may make to its articles.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the members of a body corporate may not make any amendment having an effect referred to in subsection 197(1) that affects a class or group of members, unless

(a) the charter of the body corporate otherwise provides in respect of an amendment of the nature referred to in paragraph 197(1)(a) or (e); or

(b) the members of the class or group approve the amendment in accordance with section 197.

(4) Despite subsection (2), the shareholders of a body corporate with shares may not make any amendment affecting a class or series of shares unless the shareholders of the class or series approve the amendment in accordance with section 197.

(5) The directors of a body corporate incorporated or continued by or under an Act of Parliament other than this Act may, despite any provision in any other Act of Parliament or any provision in the charter of the body corporate, apply under section 209 for a certificate of continuance if the articles of continuance do not make any amendment to the charter of the body corporate other than an amendment required to conform to this Act.

(6) The Governor in Council may, by order, require a body corporate without share capital incorporated by or under an Act of Parliament other than this Act to apply for a certificate of continuance under section 209 within any period that may be prescribed except for the following:

(a) a bank;

(b) a company or society to which the Insurance Companies Act applies; and

(c) a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies.

(7) A body corporate that obtains a certificate of continuance under this section is not required to pay any fees in respect of the continuance.

(8) A body corporate referred to in subsection (6) that does not make an application to obtain a certificate of continuance within the period prescribed is dissolved on the expiration of that period.

211. (1) Subject to subsection (10), a corporation may apply to the appropriate official or public body of another jurisdiction requesting that the corporation be continued as if it had been incorporated under the laws of that other jurisdiction if the corporation

(a) is authorized by the members in accord­ance with subsections (3) to (5) to make the application; and

(b) establishes to the satisfaction of the Director that its proposed continuance in the other jurisdiction will not adversely affect creditors or members of the corporation.

(2) A corporation that is authorized by the members in accordance with subsections (3) to (5) may apply to the appropriate Minister or the Director for its continuance under the Bank Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Cooperative Credit Associations Act, the Insurance Companies Act or the Trust and Loan Companies Act.

(3) The corporation shall give members notice of a meeting of members in accordance with section 162.

(4) Each membership in the corporation carries the right to vote in respect of a continuance whether or not it otherwise carries the right to vote.

(5) An application for a certificate is authorized when the members have approved of the continuance by a special resolution.

(6) The directors of a corporation may, if authorized by the members at the time of approving an application for continuance, abandon the application without further approval of the members.

(7) On receipt of a notice that the corporation has been continued under the laws of another jurisdiction or an Act referred to in subsection (2), the Director shall issue a certificate of discontinuance in accordance with section 274 if the Director is of the opinion that the corporation has been continued in accordance with this section.

(8) For the purposes of section 274, a notice referred to in subsection (7) is deemed to be articles that are in the form that the Director fixes.

(9) This Act ceases to apply to the corporation on the date shown in the certificate of discontinuance.

(10) A corporation shall not be continued as a body corporate under the laws of another jurisdiction unless those laws provide in effect that

(a) the property of the corporation continues to be the property of the body corporate;

(b) the body corporate continues to be liable for the obligations of the corporation;

(c) an existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution is unaffected;

(d) any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against the corporation may be continued by or against the body corporate; and

(e) any conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, the corporation may be enforced by or against the body corporate.

212. (1) A sale, a lease or an exchange of all or substantially all of the property of a corporation other than in the ordinary course of its activities requires the authorization of the members in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).

(2) The corporation shall give members notice of a meeting of members in accordance with section 162 and shall include a copy or summary of the proposed agreement of sale, lease or exchange.

(3) At the meeting of members, the members may authorize the sale, lease or exchange and may fix, or authorize the directors to fix, any of the terms and conditions of the sale, lease or exchange.

(4) Each membership in the corporation carries the right to vote in respect of the sale, lease or exchange whether or not it otherwise carries the right to vote.

(5) The members of a class or group of members are entitled to vote separately as a class or group in respect of the sale, lease or exchange only if the class or group is affected by the sale, lease or exchange in a manner different from the members of another class or group.

(6) The sale, lease or exchange is authorized when the members of each class or group entitled to vote on it have approved it by a special resolution.

(7) The directors of a corporation may, if authorized by the members approving a proposed sale, lease or exchange, and subject to the rights of third parties, abandon the sale, lease or exchange without further approval of the members.

213. (1) In this section, “reorganization” means a reorganization pursuant to

(a) a court order made under section 251;

(b) a court order made under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act approving a proposal; or

(c) a court order made under any other Act of Parliament that affects the rights among a corporation and its members and creditors.

(2) If a corporation is subject to an order referred to in subsection (1), the order may also require any amendment of the articles or by-laws to effect any change that might be made under section 195.

(3) If a court makes an order referred to in subsection (1), the court may also

(a) authorize the issue of debt obligations of the corporation and fix their terms; and

(b) appoint directors in place of or in addition to all or any of the directors then in office.

(4) After an order referred to in subsection (1) has been made, articles of reorganization in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director together with the documents required by section 20 and subsection 135(1), if applicable.

(5) On receipt of articles of reorganization, the Director shall issue a certificate of amendment in accordance with section 274.

(6) A reorganization becomes effective on the date shown in the certificate of amendment and the articles are amended accordingly.

214. (1) In this section, “arrangement” includes

(a) an amendment to the articles of a corporation;

(b) an amalgamation of two or more corporations;

(c) an amalgamation of a body corporate with a corporation that results in an amal­gamated corporation subject to this Act;

(d) a division of the activities carried on by a corporation;

(e) a transfer of all or substantially all of the property of a corporation to another body corporate in exchange for money or other property, shares, memberships or debt obligations of the body corporate;

(f) an exchange of debt obligations or memberships of a corporation for money or other property or other memberships or debt obligations of the corporation or money or other property, shares, memberships or debt obligations of another body corporate;

(g) a liquidation and dissolution of a corporation; and

(h) any combination of operations referred to in paragraphs (a) to (g).

(2) If it is not practicable for a corporation to effect a fundamental change in the nature of an arrangement under any other provision of this Act, the corporation may apply to a court for an order approving an arrangement proposed by the corporation.

(3) On an application under this section, the court may make any interim or final order that it thinks fit, including

(a) an order determining the notice to be given to any interested person or dispensing with notice to any person other than the Director;

(b) an order appointing counsel, at the expense of the corporation, to represent the interests of the members;

(c) an order requiring a corporation to call, hold and conduct a meeting of members or holders of debt obligations issued by the corporation in any manner that the court directs; and

(d) an order approving an arrangement as proposed by the corporation or as amended in any manner that the court directs.

(4) An applicant for any interim or final order under this section shall give the Director notice of the application and the Director is entitled to appear and be heard in person or by counsel.

(5) After an order referred to in paragraph (3)(d) has been made, articles of arrangement in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director together with the documents required by section 20 and subsection 135(1), if applica­ble.

(6) On receipt of articles of arrangement, the Director shall issue a certificate of arrangement in accordance with section 274.

(7) An arrangement becomes effective on the date shown in the certificate of arrangement.

PART 14

LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION

215. In this Part, “court”, in relation to a corporation, means a court having jurisdiction in the place where the corporation has its registered office.

216. (1) This Part does not apply to a corporation for which there is, under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, a trustee in bankruptcy, a trustee under a proposal or an interim receiver — or a receiver under a provincial law — until the end of the prescribed period after

(a) the trustee or interim receiver has been discharged; or

(b) the receiver has provided to the Superintendent of Bankruptcy the final report and statement of accounts required by subsection 246(3) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

(2) Any proceedings under this Part to dissolve or to liquidate and dissolve a corporation that are pending when a trustee, interim receiver or receiver referred to in subsection (1) becomes entitled to act with respect to the corporation are stayed until the end of the prescribed period after

(a) the trustee or interim receiver has been discharged; or

(b) the receiver has provided to the Superintendent of Bankruptcy the final report and statement of accounts required by subsection 246(3) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

217. (1) If a corporation or other body corporate is dissolved under this Part, or if a body corporate created or continued under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act, chapter C-32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970 — or that is subject to Part III of that Act — is dissolved under that Act, any interested person may apply to the Director to have the dissolved corporation or other body corporate revived as a corporation under this Act.

(2) Articles of revival in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.

(3) On receipt of articles of revival, the Director shall issue a certificate of revival in accordance with section 274, if

(a) the dissolved corporation or body corporate has fulfilled all conditions precedent that the Director considers reasonable; and

(b) there is no valid reason for refusing to issue the certificate.

(4) A dissolved corporation or other body corporate is revived as a corporation under this Act on the date shown on the certificate of revival.

(5) On the revival of a body corporate without share capital incorporated by a special Act of Parliament as a corporation under this Act, the special Act ceases to apply to the corporation.

(6) Subject to any reasonable terms that may be imposed by the Director, to the rights acquired by any person after its dissolution and to any changes to the internal affairs of the corporation or body corporate after its dissolution, the revived corporation is, in the same manner and to the same extent as if it had not been dissolved,

(a) restored to its previous position in law, including the restoration of any rights and privileges whether arising before its dissolution or after its dissolution but before its revival; and

(b) liable for the obligations that it would have had if it had not been dissolved, whether they arise before its dissolution or after its dissolution but before its revival.

(7) Any legal action respecting the affairs of a revived corporation taken between the time of its dissolution and its revival is valid and effective.

(8) In this section, “interested person” includes

(a) a member, a director, an officer, an employee and a creditor of a dissolved corporation or body corporate;

(b) a person who has a contract — other than, in the Province of Quebec, a contract by gratuitous title — with the dissolved corporation or body corporate;

(c) a person who, although at the time of dissolution of the corporation or body corporate was not a person described in paragraph (a), would be such a person if a certificate of revival were issued under this section; and

(d) a trustee in bankruptcy for the dissolved corporation or body corporate.

218. (1) A corporation that has not issued any memberships may be dissolved at any time by resolution of all the directors.

(2) A corporation that has no property and no liabilities may be dissolved by special resolution of the members or, if it has more than one class or group of members, by special resolutions of each class or group whether or not the members are otherwise entitled to vote.

(3) A corporation that has property or liabilities or both may be dissolved by special resolution of the members or, if it has more than one class or group of members, by special resolution of each class or group whether or not the members are otherwise entitled to vote, if

(a) by the special resolution or resolutions the members authorize the directors to cause the corporation to distribute any money or other property in accordance with sections 232 to 234 and discharge any liabilities; and

(b) the corporation has distributed any money or other property and discharged any liabilities before it sends articles of dissolution to the Director under subsection (4).

(4) Articles of dissolution in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.

(5) On receipt of articles of dissolution, the Director shall issue a certificate of dissolution in accordance with section 274.

(6) The corporation ceases to exist on the date shown in the certificate of dissolution.

219. (1) The directors may propose the voluntary liquidation and dissolution of a corporation, or a member who is entitled to vote at an annual meeting of members may make such a proposal in accordance with section 163.

(2) Notice of any meeting of members at which voluntary liquidation and dissolution is to be proposed shall set out the terms of the proposal.

(3) A corporation may liquidate and dissolve by special resolution of the members or, if the corporation has more than one class or group of members, by special resolution of each class or group whether or not the members are otherwise entitled to vote.

(4) A statement of intent to dissolve in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.

(5) On receipt of a statement of intent to dissolve, the Director shall issue a certificate of intent to dissolve in accordance with section 274.

(6) On the issuance of a certificate of intent to dissolve, the corporation shall cease to carry on its activities except to the extent necessary for the liquidation, but its corporate existence continues until the Director issues a certificate of dissolution.

(7) After the issuance of a certificate of intent to dissolve, the corporation shall

(a) immediately cause notice of the certificate to be sent to each known creditor of the corporation;

(b) without delay take reasonable steps to give notice of it in each province in Canada where the corporation was carrying on activities at the time it sent the statement of intent to dissolve to the Director;

(c) do all acts required to liquidate its property — including collecting its property, transferring property referred to in section 232 and converting any property not to be transferred or distributed in kind into money — and discharge all its obligations; and

(d) after giving the notice required under paragraphs (a) and (b) and adequately providing for the discharge of all of its obligations, distribute its remaining property, either in money or in kind, in accordance with sections 233 and 234.

(8) On the application of the Director or any interested person made at any time during the liquidation of a corporation, a court may order that the liquidation be continued under the supervision of the court as provided in this Part and make any further order that it thinks fit.

(9) An interested person who makes an application under this section shall give the Director notice of the application, and the Director is entitled to appear and be heard in person or by counsel.

(10) At any time after the issue of a certificate of intent to dissolve and before the issue of a certificate of dissolution, a certificate of intent to dissolve may be revoked by sending to the Director a statement of revocation of intent to dissolve in the form that the Director fixes, if the revocation is approved in the same manner as the resolution under subsection (3).

(11) On receipt of a statement of revocation of intent to dissolve, the Director shall issue a certificate of revocation of intent to dissolve in accordance with section 274.

(12) On the date shown in the certificate of revocation of intent to dissolve, the revocation is effective and the corporation may continue to carry on its activities.

(13) If a certificate of intent to dissolve has not been revoked and the corporation has complied with subsection (7), the corporation shall prepare articles of dissolution.

(14) Articles of dissolution in the form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.

(15) On receipt of articles of dissolution, the Director shall issue a certificate of dissolution in accordance with section 274.

(16) The corporation ceases to exist on the date shown in the certificate of dissolution.

220. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Director may

(a) dissolve a corporation by issuing a certificate of dissolution under this section if the corporation

(i) has not commenced its activities within the prescribed period after the date shown in its certificate of incorporation,

(ii) has not carried on its activities for the prescribed period,

(iii) is in default for a prescribed period in sending to the Director any fee, notice or other document required by this Act, or

(iv) does not have any directors or is in the situation described in subsection 131(4); or

(b) apply to a court for an order dissolving the corporation, in which case section 225 applies.

(2) The Director shall not dissolve a corporation under this section until the Director has

(a) given notice of the decision to dissolve the corporation to the corporation and to each director; and

(b) published notice of that decision in a publication generally available to the public.

(3) Unless cause to the contrary has been shown or an order has been made by a court under section 256, the Director may, after the expiry of the prescribed period, issue a certificate of dissolution in the form that the Director fixes.

(4) Despite anything in this section, the Director may dissolve a corporation by issuing a certificate of dissolution if the required fee for the issuance of a certificate of incorporation has not been paid.

(5) The corporation ceases to exist on the date shown in the certificate of dissolution.

221. (1) The Director or any interested person may apply to a court for an order dissolving a corporation if the corporation has

(a) failed for the prescribed period to comply with the requirements of this Act with respect to the holding of annual meetings of members;

(b) contravened subsection 17(2) or section 22, 23, 174 or 175; or

(c) procured any certificate under this Act by misrepresentation.

(2) An interested person who makes an application under this section shall give the Director notice of the application, and the Director is entitled to appear and be heard in person or by counsel.

(3) On an application under this section or section 220, the court may order that the corporation be dissolved or that the corporation be liquidated and dissolved under the supervision of the court and may make any other order that it thinks fit.

(4) On receipt of an order under this section or section 220 or 222, the Director shall

(a) if the order is to dissolve the corporation, issue a certificate of dissolution in the form that the Director fixes; or

(b) if the order is to liquidate and dissolve the corporation under the supervision of the court, issue a certificate of intent to dissolve in the form that the Director fixes and publish notice of the order in a publication generally available to the public.

(5) The corporation ceases to exist on the date shown in the certificate of dissolution.

222. (1) On the application of a member, a court may order the liquidation and dissolution of a corporation or any of its affiliated corporations

(a) if the court is satisfied that in respect of the corporation or any of its affiliates, any of the following is oppressive or unfairly prejudicial to, or unfairly disregards the interests of, any shareholder, creditor, director, officer or member, or causes such a result:

(i) any act or omission of the corporation or any of its affiliates,

(ii) the conduct of the activities or affairs of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or

(iii) the exercise of the powers of the directors of the corporation or any of its affiliates; or

(b) if the court is satisfied that

(i) a unanimous member agreement entitles a complaining member to demand dissolution of the corporation after the occurrence of a specified event and that event has occurred, or

(ii) it is just and equitable that the corporation should be liquidated and dissolved.

(2) The court may not make an order under paragraph (1)(a) if the court is satisfied that

(a) the corporation is a religious corporation;

(b) the act or omission, the conduct or the exercise of powers is based on a tenet of faith held by the members of the corporation; and

(c) it was reasonable to base the act or omission, the conduct or the exercise of powers on the tenet of faith, having regard to the activities of the corporation.

(3) On an application under this section, the court may make any order under this section or section 251 that it thinks fit.

(4) Section 252 applies to an application under this section.

223. (1) An application to a court to supervise a voluntary liquidation and dissolution under subsection 219(8) shall state the reasons, verified by an affidavit of the applicant, why the court should supervise the liquidation and dissolution.

(2) If a court makes an order applied for under subsection 219(8), the liquidation and dissolution of the corporation shall continue under the supervision of the court in accordance with this Act.

224. (1) An application to a court under subsection 222(1) shall state the reasons, verified by an affidavit of the applicant, why the corporation should be liquidated and dissolved.

(2) On the application, the court may make an order requiring the corporation and any interested person to show cause, at a time and place specified in the order, within the prescribed period after the date of the order, why the corporation should not be liquidated and dissolved.

(3) On the application, the court may order the directors and officers of the corporation to furnish the court with all material information known to or reasonably ascertainable by them, including

(a) financial statements of the corporation;

(b) the name and address of each member of the corporation; and

(c) the name and address of each known creditor or claimant, including any creditor or claimant with unliquidated, future or contingent claims, and any person with whom the corporation has a contract.

(4) A copy of an order made under subsection (2) shall be

(a) published as directed in the order, at a prescribed frequency, before the time appointed for the hearing, in a newspaper published or distributed in the place where the corporation has its registered office; and

(b) served on the Director and each person named in the order.

(5) Publication and service of an order under this section shall be effected by the corporation or by any other person, and in any manner, that the court orders.

225. In connection with the dissolution or the liquidation and dissolution of a corporation, the court may, if it is satisfied that the corporation is able to pay or adequately provide for the discharge of all its obligations, make

(a) an order to liquidate;

(b) an order appointing or replacing a liquidator, with or without security, and fixing the remuneration of the liquidator or their replacement;

(c) an order appointing or replacing inspectors or referees and specifying the powers and fixing the remuneration of the inspectors or referees or their replacements;

(d) an order determining the notice to be given to any interested person, or dispensing with notice to any person;

(e) an order determining the validity of any claims made against the corporation;

(f) an order, at any stage of the proceedings, restraining the directors and officers

(i) from exercising any of their powers, or

(ii) from collecting or receiving any debt or other property of the corporation and from paying out or transferring any property of the corporation, except as permitted by the court;

(g) an order determining and enforcing

(i) the duty of any present or former director, officer or member to the corporation, or

(ii) the liability of such a person for an obligation of the corporation;

(h) an order approving the payment, satisfaction or settlement of claims against the corporation and the retention of assets for that purpose, and determining the adequacy of provisions for the payment or discharge of obligations of the corporation, whether liquidated, unliquidated, future or contingent;

(i) an order determining the use of documents and records of the corporation or directing their disposition, including by destruction;

(j) on the application of a creditor, the inspectors or the liquidator, an order giving directions on any matter arising in the liquidation;

(k) an order specifying to whom the assets of the corporation will be distributed;

(l) after notice has been given to all interested parties, an order relieving a liquidator from any omission or default on any terms that the court thinks fit and confirming any act of the liquidator;

(m) subject to sections 231 to 234, an order approving any proposed interim or final distribution of money or other property;

(n) an order disposing of any property belonging to creditors or members who cannot be found;

(o) on the application of any director, officer, member or creditor or the liquidator,

(i) an order staying the liquidation on any terms and conditions that the court thinks fit,

(ii) an order continuing or discontinuing the liquidation proceedings, or

(iii) an order to the liquidator to restore to the corporation all its remaining property;

(p) after the liquidator has rendered a final account to the court, an order dissolving the corporation; and

(q) any other order that it thinks fit.

226. The liquidation of a corporation commences when a court makes a liquidation order.

227. (1) If a court makes an order for the liquidation of a corporation,

(a) the corporation continues in existence but shall cease to carry on activities, except activities that are, in the opinion of the liquidator, required for an orderly liquidation; and

(b) the powers of the directors and members cease and vest in the liquidator, except as specifically authorized by the court.

(2) The liquidator may delegate any powers vested in the liquidator by paragraph (1)(b) to the directors or members.

228. (1) When making an order for the liquidation of a corporation or at any time after making the order, the court may appoint any person, including a director, an officer or a member of the corporation or any other body corporate, as liquidator of the corporation.

(2) If an order for the liquidation of a corporation has been made and the office of liquidator is or becomes vacant, the property of the corporation is under the control of the court until the office of liquidator is filled.

229. A liquidator shall

(a) immediately after appointment give notice of the appointment to the Director and to each claimant and creditor known to the liquidator;

(b) in each province where the corporation carries on activities, provide, without delay, notice in accordance with the regulations of the appointment

(i) requiring any person indebted to the corporation to render an account and pay to the liquidator at the time and place specified any amount owing,

(ii) requiring any person possessing property of the corporation to deliver it to the liquidator at the time and place specified, and

(iii) requiring any person having a claim against the corporation, whether liquidated, unliquidated, future or contingent, to present particulars of the claim in writing to the liquidator within the prescribed period;

(c) take into custody and control the property of the corporation;

(d) open and maintain a trust account for the money of the corporation;

(e) keep accounts of the money of the corporation received and paid out by the liquidator;

(f) maintain separate lists of the members, creditors and other persons having claims against the corporation;

(g) if at any time the liquidator determines that the corporation is unable to pay or adequately provide for the discharge of its obligations, apply to the court for directions;

(h) deliver to the court and to the Director, at least once in the prescribed period after appointment or more often as the court may require, financial statements of the corporation in the form required by section 172 or in any other form that the liquidator may think proper or as the court may require; and

(i) after the final accounts are approved by the court, distribute any remaining property of the corporation in accordance with sections 232 to 234.

230. (1) A liquidator may

(a) retain legal counsel, accountants, engineers, appraisers and other professional advisers;

(b) bring, defend or take part in any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding in the name of and on behalf of the corporation;

(c) carry on the activities of the corporation as required for an orderly liquidation;

(d) sell by public auction or private sale any property of the corporation;

(e) do all acts and execute any documents in the name of and on behalf of the corporation;

(f) borrow money on the security of the property of the corporation;

(g) settle any claims by or against the corporation; and

(h) do all other things necessary for the liquidation of the corporation and distribution of its property.

(2) A liquidator is not liable if the liquidator exercised the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would have exercised in comparable circumstances, including reliance in good faith on

(a) financial statements of the corporation represented to the liquidator by an officer of the corporation or in a written report of the public accountant of the corporation fairly to reflect the financial condition of the corporation; or

(b) a report of a person whose profession lends credibility to a statement made by that person.

(3) Despite anything in federal or provincial law, a liquidator is not liable, in that capacity, for any environmental condition or environmental damage, unless the condition arose or the damage occurred after the liquidator’s appointment as a result of the liquidator’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct or, in the Province of Quebec, the liquidator’s gross or intentional fault.

(4) On the application of a liquidator, the court may — if it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person has in their possession or under their control, or has concealed, withheld or misappropriated, any property of the corporation — make an order requiring that person to appear before the court at the time and place designated in the order and to be examined.

(5) If the court is satisfied, on the examination, that the person has concealed, withheld or misappropriated property of the corporation, the court may order that person to restore it or pay compensation to the liquidator.

231. (1) A liquidator shall pay the costs of liquidation out of the property of the corporation and shall pay, or make adequate provision for, all claims against the corporation.

(2) Within the prescribed period after appointment, and after paying, or making adequate provision for, all claims against the corporation, the liquidator shall apply to the court

(a) for approval of the final accounts and for an order permitting the liquidator to distribute in money or in kind the remaining property of the corporation in accordance with sections 232 to 234; or

(b) for an extension of time, setting out the reasons for the extension.

(3) On the application of a member of the corporation, the court may, if a liquidator fails to make the application required by subsection (2), order the liquidator to show cause why a final accounting and distribution should not be made.

(4) A liquidator shall give notice of their intention to make an application under subsection (2) to the Director, to each inspector appointed under paragraph 225(c), to each member and to any person who provided security for the liquidation, and shall publish the notice in a newspaper published or distributed in the place where the corporation has its registered office, or as otherwise directed by the court.

(5) If the court approves the final accounts rendered by a liquidator, the court shall make an order

(a) directing the Director to issue a certificate of dissolution;

(b) giving directions regarding the custody of documents and records of the corporation or their disposition, including by destruction; and

(c) discharging the liquidator.

(6) The liquidator discharged under subsection (5) shall immediately send a certified copy of the order referred to in that subsection to the Director.

(7) On receipt of a certified copy of the order referred to in subsection (5), the Director shall issue a certificate of dissolution in accordance with section 274.

(8) The corporation ceases to exist on the date shown in the certificate of dissolution.

232. If a person has transferred property to a corporation subject to the condition that it be returned on the dissolution of the corporation, the liquidator shall transfer that property to that person.

233. (1) This section applies to

(a) a corporation that is a registered charity within the meaning of subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act;

(b) a soliciting corporation; and

(c) a corporation that has, within the prescribed period,

(i) requested donations or gifts of money or other property from the public,

(ii) received a grant or similar financial assistance from the federal government or a provincial or municipal government or an agency of any of those governments, or

(iii) accepted money or other property from a corporation or other entity that has made a request referred to in subparagraph (i) or has received assistance referred to in subparagraph (ii).

(2) The articles of a corporation shall provide that any property remaining on dissolution, other than property referred to in section 232, shall be distributed to one or more qualified donees, within the meaning of subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act.

(3) If the articles of a corporation do not provide for distribution to one or more qualified donees, the liquidator shall apply for an order under section 225 for the distribution of the remaining property of the corporation, other than the property referred to in section 232, to one or more qualified donees.

(4) The liquidator shall give notice to the Director of the application, and the Director may appear and be heard in person or by counsel.

234. (1) If the articles of a corporation, other than a corporation referred to in subsection 233(1), provide for the distribution of the remaining property of the corporation, other than the property referred to in section 232, the liquidator shall distribute the remaining property in accordance with the articles.

(2) If the articles of a corporation, other than a corporation referred to in subsection 233(1), do not provide for the distribution of the remaining property of the corporation, other than the property referred to in section 232, the liquidator shall divide the remaining property into as many equal shares as there are memberships in the corporation and distribute one share to the holder of each membership.

235. (1) If in the course of liquidation of a corporation the members resolve or the liquidator proposes to do any of the following, a member may apply to the court for an order requiring the distribution of the property of the corporation to be in money:

(a) exchange all or substantially all of the property of the corporation for securities, debt obligations or memberships of another body corporate that are to be distributed to the members; or

(b) distribute all or part of the property of the corporation to the members in kind.

(2) On an application under subsection (1), the court may order all of the property of the corporation to be converted into and distributed in money.

236. A person who has been granted custody of the documents and records of a dissolved corporation remains liable to produce those documents and records until the expiration of the prescribed period after the corporation’s dissolution or of any shorter period fixed by an order made under subsection 231(5).

237. (1) In this section, “member” includes the heirs and personal representatives of a member.

(2) Despite the dissolution of a corporation under this Act,

(a) any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding commenced by or against the dissolved corporation before its dissolution may be continued as if the corporation had not been dissolved;

(b) any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding may be brought against the dissolved corporation within two years after its dissolution as if the corporation had not been dissolved; and

(c) any property that would have been available to satisfy any judgment or order if the corporation had not been dissolved remains available for that purpose.

(3) Service of a document on a corporation after its dissolution may be effected by serving the document on a person whose name appears on the last notice that was sent by the corporation in accordance with section 129 or 135 and received by the Director.

(4) Service of a document on a company to which the Canada Corporations Act, chapter C-32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, applied and that has been dissolved under subsection 295(3) may be effected by serving the document on a person shown as a director in the last annual summary filed by the company under that Act.

(5) Despite the dissolution of a corporation under this Act, a member to whom any of its property has been distributed is liable to any person claiming under subsection (2) to the extent of the amount received by that member on that distribution, and an action to enforce that liability may be brought within two years after the date of the dissolution of the corporation.

(6) A court may order an action referred to in subsection (5) to be brought against the persons who were members as a class or group, subject to any conditions that the court thinks fit and, if the plaintiff establishes a claim, the court may refer the proceedings to a referee or other officer of the court, who may

(a) add as a party to the proceedings each person who was a member found by the plaintiff;

(b) determine, subject to subsection (5), the amount that each person who was a member shall contribute towards satisfaction of the plaintiff’s claim; and

(c) direct payment of the amounts so determined.

238. (1) On the dissolution of a corporation under this Act, the portion of the property distributable to a creditor or member who cannot be found shall be converted into money and paid to the Receiver General.

(2) If payment is made to the Receiver General under subsection (1) with respect to a creditor or member, the corporation or liquidator shall forward to the Director with the payment all documents, records and registers in the possession of the corporation or liquidator that relate to the entitlement of the creditor or member.

(3) A payment under subsection (1) is deemed to be in satisfaction of a debt or claim of the creditor or member.

(4) A person who establishes an entitlement to any money paid to the Receiver General under this Act shall be paid by the Receiver General an equivalent amount out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

239. (1) Subject to subsection 237(2) and section 238, property of a dissolved corporation that has not been disposed of at the date of its dissolution under this Act vests in Her Majesty in right of Canada.

(2) If a dissolved corporation is revived as a corporation under section 217, any property, other than money, that vested in Her Majesty under subsection (1) and that has not been disposed of shall be returned to the corporation and there shall be paid to the corporation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund

(a) an amount equal to any money received by Her Majesty under subsection (1); and

(b) if property other than money vested in Her Majesty under subsection (1) and that property has been disposed of, an amount equal to the lesser of

(i) the value of that property at the date it vested in Her Majesty, and

(ii) the amount realized by Her Majesty from the disposition of that property.

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