C.C.S.M. c. A30
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| PART 1
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| INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
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| DEFINITIONS
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| Definitions
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| SUPERINTENDENT
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| Appointment of superintendent
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| (2)
| Superintendent's authority and responsibilities
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| PART 2
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| SOCIETIES
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| OBJECTS OF A SOCIETY
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| Objects of a society
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| CONTINUATION OF EXISTING SOCIETIES
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| Meaning of "former Act"
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| (2)
| Former agricultural societies continued
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| Certain corporations recognized as societies
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| ORGANIZING A SOCIETY
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| Organizing a society
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| Application for permission to organize
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| (3)
| Proposed constitution must be acceptable
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| (4)
| Minister's permission required
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| (5)
| Minister may consult MAAS
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| Certificate of organization
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| Society's name
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| (8)
| Minister may change a society's name
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| Powers of provisional directors
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| Where a society may be organized
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| (2)
| Minister's approval for headquarters within 50 km
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| Organizational meeting
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| Provisional directors must conduct meeting
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| (3)
| Provisional directors cease once new board elected
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| (4)
| Report to superintendent
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| MEMBERS
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| Membership
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| Becoming a member
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| Corporate members
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| STATUS AND GOVERNANCE OF SOCIETIES
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| Societies are bodies corporate
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| Effective date of corporate status
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| Officers
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| Certain officers are also directors
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| (3)
| Directors and officers must be adult Manitobans and members
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| (4)
| Appointment of secretary and treasurer
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| (5)
| Secretary-treasurer not automatically a director
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| (6)
| Term of office of elected officers and directors
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| Term of office of the secretary-treasurer
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| (8)
| Filling vacated elected offices
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| Duties and powers of secretary
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| (2)
| Duties and powers of treasurer
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| Financial statements
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| Appointment of auditor
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| (3)
| Special resolution not to appoint an auditor
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| Special resolution to appoint qualified person
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| (5)
| Superintendent may require auditor to be appointed
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| (6)
| Society must comply with requirement
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| Constitution must not be inconsistent with Act
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| Constitution may increase members' minimum age
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| Secretary to send by-laws to superintendent
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| Approval required for certain by-law changes
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| (5)
| Resolution not effective until approved
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| (6)
| Certified copy of amended or new constitution
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| Use of funds and assets
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| Deposit or investment of funds
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| (3)
| Deposit or investment in society's name
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| Annual report to superintendent
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| Effect of failing to send annual report
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| Associations must submit annual report
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| PART 3
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| GRANTS TO SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS
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| Definitions
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| Grants to societies and associations
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| Minister may recognize organizations
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| Grants to recognized organizations
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| (3)
| Minister may impose conditions on grants
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| (4)
| Failure to comply with conditions
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| Factors in deciding grant amounts and entitlement
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| Requirements for obtaining grant
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| No grant if Act not complied with
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| No grants for similar activities in same year
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| PART 4
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| SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATES, INACTIVE SOCIETIES AND DISSOLUTION OF A SOCIETY
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| (1)
| Suspension of certificate of organization
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| No grants while certificate suspended
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| (3)
| Reinstatement of certificate
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| Superintendent's authority re inactive society
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| Dissolution of society by minister's order
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| Order is to be published in The Manitoba Gazette
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| (3)
| Effect of dissolution
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| Cancellation of certificate of organization
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| Appointment of liquidator
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| Liquidator to observe reversionary interests
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| Payment of costs of liquidation and creditors
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| Payment of creditors in the case of a deficiency
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| (5)
| Powers of liquidator
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| Liquidator's reports
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| Primary disposition of surplus
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| Alternative disposition
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| Cancellation of certificate of an association
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| (2)
| Surrender of certificate of organization
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| (3)
| Former association must not call itself an agricultural society
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| PART 5
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| GENERAL PROVISIONS
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| (1)
| Unauthorized use of title "agricultural society"
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| (2)
| MAAS excepted
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| Consultation with MAAS
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| Examination of books by Auditor General
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| (1)
| Regulations
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| (2)
| Regulations re pari-mutuel levy exemptions
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| Repeal
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| C.C.S.M. reference
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| Coming into force
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