Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (S.C. 2009, c. 23)
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Act current to 2019-01-30 and last amended on 2018-05-01. Previous Versions
PART 5Corporate Finance (continued)
Marginal note:Repayment
29 (1) Debt obligations issued, pledged, hypothecated or deposited by a corporation are not redeemed by reason only that the indebtedness evidenced by the debt obligations or in respect of which the debt obligations are issued, pledged, hypothecated or deposited is repaid.
Marginal note:Acquisition and reissue of debt obligations
(2) Debt obligations issued by a corporation and purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by it may be cancelled or, subject to any applicable trust indenture or other agreement, may be reissued, pledged or hypothecated to secure any existing or future obligation of the corporation, and such an acquisition and reissue, pledge or hypothecation is not a cancellation of the debt obligations.
Marginal note:Annual contributions or dues
30 Subject to the articles, the by-laws and any unanimous member agreement, the directors may require members to make an annual contribution or pay annual dues and may determine the manner in which the contribution is to be made or the dues are to be paid.
Marginal note:Ownership of property
31 A corporation owns any property of any kind that is transferred to or otherwise vested in the corporation and does not hold any property in trust unless that property was transferred to the corporation expressly in trust for a specific purpose or purposes.
Marginal note:Directors not trustees
32 Directors are not, in that capacity, trustees for any property of the corporation, including property held in trust by the corporation.
Marginal note:Investments by corporation
33 Subject to the limitations accompanying any gift and the articles or by-laws, a corporation may invest its funds as its directors think fit.
Marginal note:Distribution of property, accretions or profits
34 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no part of a corporation’s profits or of its property or accretions to the value of the property may be distributed, directly or indirectly, to a member, a director or an officer of the corporation except in furtherance of its activities or as otherwise permitted by this Act.
Marginal note:Distribution to member
(2) If a member of a corporation is an entity that is authorized to carry on activities on behalf of the corporation, the corporation may distribute any of its money or other property to the member to carry on those activities.
Marginal note:Surrendered memberships
35 A corporation may accept a membership in the corporation surrendered to it as a gift including, in Quebec, a legacy and may extinguish or reduce a liability respecting an amount unpaid on that membership.
Marginal note:Liability
36 (1) The members of a corporation are not, in that capacity, liable for any liability of the corporation, including any arising under paragraph 253(3)(f) or (g), or any act or default of the corporation, except as otherwise provided by this Act.
Marginal note:Lien on membership
(2) Subject to subsection 42(2), the articles may provide that the corporation has a lien on a membership registered in the name of a member or the member’s personal representative for a debt of that member to the corporation, including an amount unpaid in respect of a membership issued by a body corporate on the date it was continued as a corporation under this Act.
Marginal note:Enforcement of lien
(3) A corporation may enforce a lien referred to in subsection (2) in accordance with its by-laws.
PART 6Debt Obligations, Certificates, Registers and Transfers
Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
37 (1) The following definitions apply in this Part.
adverse claim
opposition
adverse claim, in respect of a debt obligation, includes a claim that a transfer was or would be wrongful or that a particular adverse person is the owner of or has an interest or right in the debt obligation. (opposition)
bearer
porteur
bearer means the person who is in possession of a debt obligation that is payable to bearer or endorsed in blank. (porteur)
broker
courtier
broker means a person who is engaged in whole or in part in the business of buying and selling debt obligations and who, in the transaction concerned, acts for, buys a debt obligation from or sells a debt obligation to a customer. (courtier)
delivery
livraison ou remise
delivery means voluntary transfer of possession. (livraison ou remise)
fiduciary
représentant
fiduciary means any person who acts in a fiduciary capacity or as the administrator of the property of others and includes a personal representative of a deceased person. (représentant)
good faith
bonne foi
good faith means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned. (bonne foi)
good faith purchaser
acquéreur de bonne foi
good faith purchaser means a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim who takes delivery of a debt obligation. (acquéreur de bonne foi)
holder
détenteur
holder means a person who is in possession of a debt obligation that is issued or endorsed to the person, to bearer or in blank. (détenteur)
overissue
émission excédentaire
overissue means the issue of debt obligations in excess of any maximum number of debt obligations that the issuer is authorized by a trust indenture to issue. (émission excédentaire)
purchaser
acquéreur
purchaser means a person who takes an interest or right in a debt obligation by sale, mortgage, hypothec, pledge, issue, reissue, gift or any other voluntary transaction. (acquéreur)
transfer
transfert
transfer includes transmission by operation of law. (transfert)
trust indenture
acte de fiducie
trust indenture means a trust indenture as defined in subsection 104(1). (acte de fiducie)
valid
valide
valid means issued in accordance with the applicable law and the by-laws of the issuer, or validated under section 54. (valide)
Marginal note:Negotiable instruments
(2) Except when a transfer is restricted and noted on a debt obligation in accordance with subsection 42(2), a debt obligation is a negotiable instrument.
Marginal note:Registered form
(3) A debt obligation is in registered form if
Marginal note:Order form
(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.
Marginal note:Bearer form
(5) A debt obligation is in bearer form if it is payable to bearer according to its terms and not by reason of an endorsement.
Marginal note:Guarantor or surety for issuer
(6) A guarantor or, in Quebec, a surety for an issuer is deemed to be an issuer to the extent of the guarantee, whether or not the obligation is noted on the debt obligation.
Debt Obligation Certificates
Marginal note:Debt obligation certificate
38 An issuer shall provide a debt obligation holder, on request, with
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