Alternative Filing Methods for Business Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 7, Sched. 1

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

Alternative Filing Methods for Business Act, 2020

S.o. 2020, chapter 7
Schedule 1

Consolidation Period: From May 12, 2020 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

Note: This Act is repealed on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. (See: 2020, c. 7, Sched. 1, s. 9)

Purpose

1 The purpose of this Act is to permit documents required or permitted to be filed by in-person delivery or mail under certain business statutes to instead be filed by alternative methods, and to permit electronic signatures and electronic copies in respect of certain documents, to address public health and safety concerns in respect of an emergency declared under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.

Interpretation

Definitions

2 (1) In this Act,

“business statute” means,

(a) the Business Corporations Act,

(b) the Business Names Act,

(c) the Corporations Act,

(d) the Co-operative Corporations Act,

(e) the Corporations Information Act,

(f) the Extra-Provincial Corporations Act,

(g) the Limited Partnerships Act, or

(h) any other prescribed act; (“loi sur les entreprises”)

“document” means any document, including any articles, notice, declaration, application or any accompanying document under any business statute. (“document”)

Minister, Director or Registrar

(2) A reference to a Minister, Director or Registrar is a reference to a Minister, Director or Registrar as defined under the applicable business statute for the purposes of that statute.

Alternative filing methods may be permitted

3 (1) If a business statute requires or permits a document to be filed by in-person delivery or mail with the Minister, Director or Registrar, the Minister, Director or Registrar may permit a person or entity to instead file the document by a method that is specified under this Act by the Minister, Director or Registrar.

Legible electronic copy

(2) Unless otherwise provided in the regulations or requirements under this Act, the document must be a legible electronic copy.

Electronic signature

(3) If a document filed by a method specified under subsection (1) is required to be signed under a requirement of a business statute, it may be signed by electronic signature in accordance with the requirements for electronic signatures established by the Minister, Director or Registrar under that business statute.

Requirements

(4) Unless otherwise provided in the regulations or requirements under this Act, the person or entity referred to in subsection (1) must comply with any requirement,

(a) established under this Act by the Minister, Director or Registrar; and

(b) under the business statute, except for a requirement under the business statute that conflicts with this Act.

Clarification

(5) For greater certainty, a method specified under subsection (1) is an alternative to any other method under the business statute, and this Act does not prohibit using a method under the business statute.

Deemed compliance

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