Statutes of the Province of British Columbia

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Queen's Printer, 1912

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Page 310 - Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post...
Page 130 - Any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse, or qualification, whether it does or does not accompany the description of the offence in this Act, may be proved by the defendant, but need not be specified or negatived in the information ; and, if so specified or negatived, no proof in relation to the matters so specified or negatived shall be required on the part of the informant.
Page 65 - And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true, and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath, and by virtue of the Canada evidence act.
Page 101 - A majority of the arbitrators at the first meeting after their appointment, or the sole arbitrator, shall fix a day on or before which the award shall be made, and if the same is not made on or before such day or some other day to which the time for making it has been prolonged, either by the consent of the parties or by resolution of the arbitrators, then the sum offered by the company as aforesaid shall be the compensation to be pnid by the company.
Page 280 - We, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this memorandum of association.
Page 281 - The subscribers of the memorandum of association, together with such other persons as may from time to time become members of the company, shall thereupon be a body corporate...
Page 84 - Commissioners on the Ground of any Privilege, or on the Ground that the Answer to such Question will tend to criminate such Person.
Page 280 - Any seven or more persons, or, where the company to be formed will be a private company, any two or more persons, associated for any lawful purpose may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and otherwise complying with the requirements of this Act in respect of registration, form an incorporated company, with or without limited liability.
Page 236 - Acts and parts of Acts for which they are substituted, then, as respects all transactions, matters, and things subsequent to the time when the said Revised Statutes take effect, the provisions contained in them shall prevail ; but, as respects all transactions, matters, and things anterior to the said time, the provisions of the said repealed Acts and parts of Acts shall prevail.
Page 212 - The directors, of whom seven, including the president, shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper touching the disposition and management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the company...

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