Publications
Personal Property Security Law, Final Report 116
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial Personal Property Property |
| TAGS | ecommerce, internet, transaction, perfected, borrow, collateral, electronic, inventory, banking, chattel, registry, finance, online, priority, secured, loan, money, alberta, business, corporation, credit, creditor, debt, debtor, Property, provincial, registered, security |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | FR116.pdf |
September 29, 2021
Business Names Legislation, Consultation Memorandum 3
This paper considers the desirability and design of provincial legislation that pursues the regulation of business names and business name disclosure. Business name regulation is for the purpose of limiting the scope for confusion caused by the use of similar names. Business name disclosure requires that firms that use a business name disclose certain information about themselves to the public. This paper discusses the two objectives of business names legislation and then describes the general […]
| AREA OF LAW | Corporate and Commercial |
| TAGS | trademark, federal, business, corporation, incorporation, name, provincial |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | cm3.pdf |
December 1, 1996
Defences to Provincial Charges, Final Report 39
This report deals with charges of “provincial offences” which are offences under “enactments” (e.g. Alberta statutes, orders-in-council, regulations and municipal by-laws). True criminal offences are covered by the Criminal Code of Canada and some other federal legislation. A draft of proposed amendments to the Summary Convictions Act is attached. This report recommends that the three categories of regulatory offences (mens rea, absolute liability, and strict liability) be retained and that tests for them are established […]
| TAGS | abs, charge, criminal, defence, liability, mens rea, offence, provincial, strict |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr039.pdf |
March 1, 1984