BILL NO. 4
(as introduced)
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2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
67 Elizabeth II, 2018
Government Bill
Corporations Registration Act
(amended)
The Honourable Geoff MacLellan
Minister of Service Nova Scotia
First Reading: September 7, 2018
Second Reading: September 11, 2018
Third Reading: September 25, 2018 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Note
This Bill waives the first year's registration fees for newly incorporated or amalgamated Nova Scotia companies and for companies incorporated in other jurisdictions that are continued as Nova Scotia companies.
An Act to Amend Chapter 101
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Corporations Registration Act
1 (1) Subsection 5(4) of Chapter 101 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Corporations Registration Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:
- (4) Notwithstanding subsection 5(3), no fee for a certificate of registration issued after the coming into force of this Section is payable by
(a) a domestic corporation upon incorporation;
(b) a corporation issued a certificate of amalgamation under the Companies Act upon amalgamation; or
(c) a corporation issued a certificate of continuance under the Companies Act upon continuance.
2 This Act has effect on and after January 1, 2019.
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