S-25 - Agricultural Societies Act

Section 1.1 Disposition versions

1994-01-01

1.1. The name of a society shall not

(1)  contravene the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11);

(2)  include an expression which the law or the regulations reserve for another person or prohibit the society from using;

(3)  include an expression that evokes an immoral, obscene or offensive notion;

(4)  incorrectly indicate the society’s juridical form or fail to indicate such form where so required by law;

(5)  falsely suggest that the society is a non-profit group;

(6)  falsely suggest that the society is, or is related to, a public authority mentioned in the regulation of the Government;

(7)  falsely suggest that the society is related to another person, partnership or group, in particular in the cases and taking into account the criteria determined by regulation of the Government;

(8)  lead to confusion with a name used by another person, partnership or group in Québec, taking into account, in particular, the criteria determined by regulation of the Government;

(9)  be liable, in whatever manner, to mislead third persons.

1993, c. 48, s. 444.