Canada Business Corporations Act & Commentary, 2024/2025 Edition
This concise guide to the corporate law relating to federal business corporations includes these unique features: Overview chapter on business corporations in Canada, lead-in editor's notes for all statutes, current and most relevant statutes and regulations, and much more.
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Product description
More than just an annual statutory update – The Only CBCA annual consolidation that comes with Expert Overview Commentary
This concise guide to the corporate law on federal business corporations contains the full text of the Canada Business Corporations Act and other key pieces of legislation, supplemented with Introductory Notes and Overview Commentary.
Features include:
- A 100+ page Overview Commentary on the Canada Business Corporations Act
- Expert introductory notes to all legislation
- Most up-to-date legislation, forms, information sheets and policy statements
- Concordance of the current Act to its provincial equivalents
Features and Benefits
- Comprehensive coverage – includes the information needed to keep you abreast of the latest developments in business corporations
- Expert commentary – overview chapter on the CBCA and lead-in commentary, providing you with valuable insights into the law
- Up-to-date legislative and non-legislative materials – Consolidated to ensure you have at your fingertips the latest amendments to legislation and revisions to non-legislative materials, including updated forms and guidelines
Highlights of the 2024/2025 Edition
- Updated Preface
- Updated Table of Concordance comparing the CBCA to corporations statutes in other jurisdictions across Canada
Who Should Buy
- General practitioners who must have a quick reference to advise on all aspects of a business, from incorporating to exiting
- Corporate/commercial lawyers who must keep abreast of the latest developments in business corporation law and procedures
- In-house counsel who oversee all matters of corporate compliance and propriety of corporate filings
- Law clerks who need concrete guidance to facilitate their corporate filings and record keeping
- Law clerk program students who need solid understanding of both the procedural and substantive framework for entry to the world of corporate clerkship
Table of contents
Legislative Currency
Table of Concordance
Overview Commentary
Introduction and Methods of Incorporation
Formation
Jurisdiction of Incorporation
Different Types of Corporations
Terminology
Corporate Name
Registered Office
Corporate Records, Accounting, Audit and Filing Requirements
Capacity and Powers
Share Capital
Debt Financing
Shareholders
Directors
Officers
Dividends
Amalgamations
Amendment and Reorganization
Dissolution, Liquidation and Winding-Up
Canada Business Corporations Act
Lead-in Commentary
Full Text of Act
Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001
Lead-in Commentary
Full Text of Regulations
Minister Designation Order
Forms
Instructions for completing CBCA Forms
CBCA Fees and Service Standards
Exemption Kits
Other Policies and Guides
Interpretation Act
Lead-in Commentary
Full Text of Act
Index