Investment Canada Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 28 (1st Supp.))

Marginal note:Receipt

• 18 (1) Where an application filed under section 17 contains all the required information or reasons for the inability to provide any part of the information, or where the application is completed pursuant to subsection (2) or is deemed to be complete pursuant to subsection (3), the Director shall forthwith send a receipt to the applicant, certifying the date on which

  • (a) the complete application filed under section 17 was received by the Director;

  • (b) the information required to complete the application was received by the Director pursuant to subsection (2); or

  • (c) the application was deemed to be complete pursuant to subsection (3).

• Marginal note:Incomplete application

  (2) Where an application filed under section 17 is incomplete, the Director shall send a notice to the applicant specifying the information required to complete the application and requesting that that information be provided to the Director in order to complete the application.

• Marginal note:Where application deemed complete

  (3) Where the Director does not, within fifteen days after an application under section 17 has been received by the Director, send a receipt under subsection (1) or a notice under subsection (2), the application is deemed to be complete as of the date the application was received by the Director.