HomeC.C.S.M. c. C50
The Change of Name Act
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| 1(1) | Definitions |
| (2) | Registered common-law relationship |
| 2(1) | Requirements |
| (2) | Form of application |
| (3) | Refusal by director of application |
| (4) | Appeal |
| 3 | Application and consent by committee or substitute decision maker |
| 4(1) | Change of name of children by parent |
| (2) | Application where notice is required |
| (3) | Consent of child |
| (4) | Application by guardian |
| 5(1) | Director may dispense with notice |
| (2) | Director may dispense with consent |
| 6(1) | Application to court |
| (2) | Notice to director |
| (3) | Delay in registering change of name |
| 7(1) | Issue of a certificate |
| (2) | Public notice |
| (3) | Director may dispense with publication |
| (4) | Effect of registration and issue of certificate |
| (5) | Records and index |
| (6) | Certified copy or extract |
| (7) | Search and report on search |
| (8) | No search where no publication |
| (9) | Certificate as evidence |
| (10) | Notation on vital statistics record |
| (11) | Substitution of new name in documents |
| (12) | Mechanically reproduced signature |
| (13) | Validity of documents |
| 8(1) | Hearing to annul name change |
| (2) | Order |
| (3) | Appeal |
| (4) | Publication of annulment |
| (5) | Obtaining change of name by fraud or misrepresentation |
| (6) | Use of name obtained by fraud or misrepresentation |
| (7) | Use of name after refusal or annulment |
| (8) | Failure to surrender certificate |
| (9) | Use of certificate issued under previous name |
| 9 | Effect of changes under other statutes |
| 10(1) | Election of surname by spouse or common-law partner |
| (2) | Resuming name after divorce, etc. |
| (3) | Declaration by common-law partner |
| (4) | Documents issued |
| (5) | Documents issued to certain persons |
| (6) | Form of election or resumption of surname certificate |
| (7) | Effect of filing declaration under subsection (3) |
| 11 | Regulations |
| 12 | Repeal |
| 13 | Reference in Continuing Consolidation |
| 14 | Commencement of Act |
