Business Development Bank of Canada Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

Bank

Banque

Bank means the Business Development Bank of Canada continued by subsection 3(1); (Banque)

bill of lading

connaissement

bill of lading has the same meaning as in subsection 425(1) of the Bank Act; (connaissement)

Board

conseil

Board means the Board of Directors of the Bank; (conseil)

by-law

règlement administratif

by-law means a by-law of the Bank; (règlement administratif)

Chairperson

président du conseil

Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board; (président du conseil)

Crown

Version anglaise seulement

Crown means Her Majesty in right of Canada; (Version anglaise seulement)

debt obligation

titre de créance

debt obligation means a bond, debenture, note, investment certificate or other evidence of indebtedness or a guarantee of a corporation, whether secured or unsecured; (titre de créance)

Designated Minister

ministre compétent

Designated Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as may be designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act; (ministre compétent)

director

administrateur

director means a member of the Board; (administrateur)

enterprise

entreprise

enterprise means an organized economic activity carried on by one or more persons; (entreprise)

Executive Committee

bureau

Executive Committee means the Executive Committee of the Board; (bureau)

goods, wares and merchandise

effets, denrées ou marchandises

goods, wares and merchandise has the same meaning as in subsection 425(1) of the Bank Act; (effets, denrées ou marchandises)

person

personne

person includes a trust, a partnership and an association of natural persons or corporations; (personne)

President

président

President means the President of the Bank; (président)

resolution

résolution

resolution means a resolution of the Board; (résolution)

securities

valeurs mobilières

securities means the shares of any class or series of shares or the debt obligations of a corporation and includes certificates evidencing those shares or debt obligations; (valeurs mobilières)

subsidiary

filiale

subsidiary has the same meaning as in subsection 83(6) of the Financial Administration Act; (filiale)

warehouse receipt

récépissé d’entrepôt

warehouse receipt has the same meaning as in subsection 425(1) of the Bank Act. (récépissé d’entrepôt)