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C-40.1 - Act respecting Roman Catholic cemetery companies

Section 1
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1. In this Act, saving inconsistency, the term
(a)  “company” means a legal person constituted under this Act;
(b)  “parochial body” means a fabrique as well as a body holding a church or a public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(c)  “Roman Catholic cemetery” means a cemetery recognized by the bishop of the place as a Roman Catholic cemetery;
(d)  “bishop” means the cleric who, according to the rules of the Roman Catholic Church, is appointed to administer a diocese; this term includes an archbishop, a diocesan bishop, an archeparch, an eparch, an exarch, a vicar apostolic, a military ordinary, a prefect apostolic, a territorial prelate, a territorial abbot, an apostolic administrator, a diocesan administrator, a vicar general, a pro-vicar in a vicariate apostolic, a pro-prefect in a prefecture apostolic and a vicar deputed to a vicariate apostolic or to a prefecture apostolic;
(e)  “bishop of the place” means the clergyman acting for the time being as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese or of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical division comprising within its limits the place of the head office of a company; however for the presentation of a petition for the constitution of a cemetery as a legal person, the term “bishop of the place” means the clergyman having jurisdiction as such at the place proposed for the head office of the company to be constituted;
(f)  “rector” means the clergyman acting for the time being as rector of a Roman Catholic parish or the rector of a church or public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(g)  “visitor” means the bishop of the place or any other person appointed as visitor by such bishop of the place;
(h)  “register” means the register referred to in Chapter II of the Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises (chapter P-44.1).
R. S. 1964, c. 308, s. 1; 1993, c. 48, s. 380; 1997, c. 25, s. 17; 1999, c. 40, s. 89; 2010, c. 7, s. 282.
1. In this Act, saving inconsistency, the term
(a)  “company” means a legal person constituted under this Act;
(b)  “parochial body” means a fabrique as well as a body holding a church or a public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(c)  “Roman Catholic cemetery” means a cemetery recognized by the bishop of the place as a Roman Catholic cemetery;
(d)  “bishop” means the cleric who, according to the rules of the Roman Catholic Church, is appointed to administer a diocese; this term includes an archbishop, a diocesan bishop, an archeparch, an eparch, an exarch, a vicar apostolic, a military ordinary, a prefect apostolic, a territorial prelate, a territorial abbot, an apostolic administrator, a diocesan administrator, a vicar general, a pro-vicar in a vicariate apostolic, a pro-prefect in a prefecture apostolic and a vicar deputed to a vicariate apostolic or to a prefecture apostolic;
(e)  “bishop of the place” means the clergyman acting for the time being as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese or of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical division comprising within its limits the place of the head office of a company; however for the presentation of a petition for the constitution of a cemetery as a legal person, the term “bishop of the place” means the clergyman having jurisdiction as such at the place proposed for the head office of the company to be constituted;
(f)  “rector” means the clergyman acting for the time being as rector of a Roman Catholic parish or the rector of a church or public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(g)  “visitor” means the bishop of the place or any other person appointed as visitor by such bishop of the place;
(h)  “register” means the register instituted under the Act respecting the legal publicity of sole proprietorships, partnerships and legal persons (chapter P-45).
R. S. 1964, c. 308, s. 1; 1993, c. 48, s. 380; 1997, c. 25, s. 17; 1999, c. 40, s. 89.
1. In this Act, saving inconsistency, the term
(a)  “corporation” means a corporation constituted under this Act;
(b)  “parochial body” means a fabrique as well as a body holding a church or a public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(c)  “Roman Catholic cemetery” means a cemetery recognized by the bishop of the place as a Roman Catholic cemetery;
(d)  “bishop” means the cleric who, according to the rules of the Roman Catholic Church, is appointed to administer a diocese; this term includes an archbishop, a diocesan bishop, an archeparch, an eparch, an exarch, a vicar apostolic, a military ordinary, a prefect apostolic, a territorial prelate, a territorial abbot, an apostolic administrator, a diocesan administrator, a vicar general, a pro-vicar in a vicariate apostolic, a pro-prefect in a prefecture apostolic and a vicar deputed to a vicariate apostolic or to a prefecture apostolic;
(e)  “bishop of the place” means the clergyman acting for the time being as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese or of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical division comprising within its limits the place of the corporate seat of a corporation; however for the presentation of a petition for the incorporation of a cemetery, the term “bishop of the place” means the clergyman having jurisdiction as such at the place proposed for the corporate seat of the corporation to be constituted;
(f)  “rector” means the clergyman acting for the time being as rector of a Roman Catholic parish or the rector of a church or public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(g)  “visitor” means the bishop of the place or any other person appointed as visitor by such bishop of the place;
(h)  “register” means the register instituted under the Act respecting the legal publicity of sole proprietorships, partnerships and legal persons (chapter P-45).
R. S. 1964, c. 308, s. 1; 1993, c. 48, s. 380; 1997, c. 25, s. 17.
1. In this Act, saving inconsistency, the term
(a)  “corporation” means a corporation constituted under this Act;
(b)  “parochial body” means a fabrique as well as a body holding a church or a public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(c)  “Roman Catholic cemetery” means a cemetery recognized by the bishop of the place as a Roman Catholic cemetery;
(d)  “bishop” means an archbishop, a bishop, an exarch, an abbot nullius, a vicar apostolic, an apostolic prefect and an apostolic administrator;
(e)  “bishop of the place” means the clergyman acting for the time being as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese or of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical division comprising within its limits the place of the corporate seat of a corporation; however for the presentation of a petition for the incorporation of a cemetery, the term “bishop of the place” means the clergyman having jurisdiction as such at the place proposed for the corporate seat of the corporation to be constituted;
(f)  “rector” means the clergyman acting for the time being as rector of a Roman Catholic parish or the rector of a church or public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(g)  “visitor” means the bishop of the place or any other person appointed as visitor by such bishop of the place;
(h)  “register” means the register instituted under the Act respecting the legal publicity of sole proprietorships, partnerships and legal persons (chapter P-45).
R. S. 1964, c. 308, s. 1; 1993, c. 48, s. 380.
1. In this act, saving inconsistency, the term
(a)  “corporation” means a corporation constituted under this act;
(b)  “parochial body” means a fabrique as well as a body holding a church or a public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(c)  “Roman Catholic cemetery” means a cemetery recognized by the bishop of the place as a Roman Catholic cemetery;
(d)  “bishop” means an archbishop, a bishop, an exarch, an abbot nullius, a vicar apostolic, an apostolic prefect and an apostolic administrator;
(e)  “bishop of the place” means the clergyman acting for the time being as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese or of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical division comprising within its limits the place of the corporate seat of a corporation; however for the presentation of a petition for the incorporation of a cemetery, the term “bishop of the place” means the clergyman having jurisdiction as such at the place proposed for the corporate seat of the corporation to be constituted;
(f)  “rector” means the clergyman acting for the time being as rector of a Roman Catholic parish or the rector of a church or public chapel used for Roman Catholic worship;
(g)  “visitor” means the bishop of the place or any other person appointed as visitor by such bishop of the place.
R. S. 1964, c. 308, s. 1.
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