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as enacted by SM 1990-91, c. 1 on November 14, 1990.
 

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R.S.M. 1990, c. 116

The Montreal Trust Company and Montreal Trust Company of Canada Act

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WHEREAS Montreal Trust Company, by its wholly owned subsidiary, Montrustco Corporation, caused to be incorporated by Letters Patent dated July 19, 1978, under The Trust Companies Act, Chapter T-16 of the Revised Statutes of Canada 1970, as a subsidiary of Montrustco Corporation, wholly owned except for directors' qualifying shares, Montreal Trust Company of Canada, for the purpose of taking over and carrying on certain of the business of Montreal Trust Company in the Province and other areas of Canada, with certain exceptions as herein described;

AND WHEREAS Montreal Trust Company and Montreal Trust Company of Canada, by their petition, prayed for special legislation for such purpose;

AND WHEREAS their prayer was granted, and resulted in the enactment of An Act respecting Montreal Trust Company and Montreal Trust Company of Canada, assented to May 26, 1981;

AND WHEREAS the Minister of Justice has caused the Act to be prepared in English and French for re-enactment in accordance with a judgment dated June 13, 1985 and an order dated November 4, 1985 of the Supreme Court of Canada;

THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Substitution of Montreal Tr. Co. of Can. for Montreal Tr. Co.

1

Except as provided in section 5, Montreal Trust Company of Canada is deemed to be substituted in the place and stead of Montreal Trust Company in or in respect of every trust, trust deed, agreement, instrument of creation, settlement, assignment, will, codicil or other testamentary document, and every letters probate, letters of administration, judgment, decree, order, direction, or appointment of any court, judge or other constituted authority, and every other document or trust howsoever created, including every incomplete or inchoate trust, and in every conveyance, mortgage, assignment, appointment or other writing, wherein or whereby, or of which Montreal Trust Company is named as executor, administrator, trustee, bailee, committee, assignee, liquidator, receiver, guardian or curator, or is named to any other office or position whatsoever wherein any property, interest, possibility or right is vested in, administered or managed by, or put in the charge of Montreal Trust Company in trust or in the custody, care or control of Montreal Trust Company, for or for the benefit of any other person or purpose; and every such document or trust howsoever created shall be read, construed and given effect as if Montreal Trust Company of Canada had been named therein in the place and stead of Montreal Trust Company.

Vesting in Montreal Tr. Co. of Can.

2(1)

Except as provided in section 5, all real and personal property and every interest therein that is granted to, or held by, or vested in Montreal Trust Company, whether by way of security or otherwise, in trust, or in the custody, care or control of Montreal Trust Company, for or for the benefit of any other person or purpose, pursuant to or in respect of any document of trust described in section 1, and whether in the form in which it was originally acquired by Montreal Trust Company or otherwise, is vested in Montreal Trust Company of Canada, according to the tenor of and at the time indicated or intended by the document or trust, upon the same trust, and with the same powers, rights, immunities, and privileges, and subject to the same obligations and duties as are thereby provided, granted or imposed.

Effect of Act as grant etc.

2(2)

For the purposes of any Act affecting the title to property, both real and personal, it shall be sufficient to cite this Act as effecting the grant, conveyance or transfer of title from Montreal Trust Company to and the vesting of title in Montreal Trust Company of Canada of every property affected by subsection (1), and notwithstanding any other Act, it is not necessary to register or file this Act, or any further or other instrument, document or certificate showing the change of title in any public office whatsoever within the jurisdiction of the Province.

Suits against Montreal Tr. Co.

3(1)

No suit, action, appeal, application or other proceeding being carried on and no power or remedy being exercised by or against Montreal Trust Company in any court or before any tribunal or agency of the Province, pursuant to or in respect of any document or trust described in section 1, shall be discontinued or abated on account of this Act, but may be continued in the name of Montreal Trust Company of Canada, which shall have the same rights, shall be subject to the same liabilities, and shall pay or receive the same costs and awards as if the suit, action, appeal, application or other proceeding had been commenced or defended in the name of Montreal Trust Company of Canada.

Liabilities etc. of Montreal Tr. Co. of Can.

3(2)

Any suit, action, appeal, application or other proceedings, or any power, right, remedy or right of distress that might have been brought or exercised by or against Montreal Trust Company pursuant to or in respect of any document or trust described in section 1, may be brought or exercised by or against Montreal Trust Company of Canada, which shall have the same rights, and shall be subject to the same liabilities, in respect thereof, as those which Montreal Trust Company would have or be subject to if this Act had not been enacted.

Effect on claimants against Montreal Tr. Co.

4(1)

Nothing in this Act affects the rights of any person having a claim against Montreal Trust Company in respect of any document or trust described in section 1, or impairs, modifies or affects the liability of Montreal Trust Company to any such person; and any such rights as may be enforceable in the Province may instead be asserted or enforced against Montreal Trust Company of Canada, which shall be responsible for all debts, liabilities, and obligations of Montreal Trust Company in respect of such document or trust.

Enforcement of judgments against Montreal Tr. Co. of Can.

4(2)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3, or of subsection (1) of this section, any judgment obtained against Montreal Trust Company of Canada in any matter which, but for this Act, would have been against the Montreal Trust Company may be enforced against either Montreal Trust Company of Canada or Montreal Trust Company.

Exceptions to transfer, substitutions etc.

5

Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 do not apply to

(a) any real or personal property granted to, or held by or vested in Montreal Trust Company, and any power, right, immunity, privilege or right of action that may be exercised by or against Montreal Trust Company, pursuant to or in respect of,

(i) any trust indenture or indenture wherein Montreal Trust Company is named trustee and by virtue of which any bond, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness, warrant or right is issued,

(ii) any document or trust described in section 1 pursuant to which Montreal Trust Company acts as trustee in respect of an employees' superannuation or pension fund or plan, which has been accepted for registration purposes pursuant to The Income Tax Act (Canada) and any mutual fund, pooled trust fund or unit trust the principal purpose of any of which is the investment of moneys forming part of any such employees' superannuation or pension fund or plan;

(b) any agreement or other document whatsoever whereby Montreal Trust Company is named as registrar or transfer agent;

(c) any real or personal property owned or held by, vested in or granted to Montreal Trust Company, and which is held by Montreal Trust Company exclusively for its own use and benefit, and not in trust for or for the benefit of any other person or purpose;

(d) any real or personal property which is held by Montreal Trust Company under any document or trust described in section 1 which is situate outside the Province of Manitoba and any power, right, immunity, privilege or right of action that may be exercised by or against Montreal Trust Company under any such document or trust with respect to that property, but

(i) for all property situate outside the Province for which Montreal Trust Company has been appointed, or is entitled to be appointed by a court of Manitoba, as personal representative of a deceased person, whether as executor, administrator or otherwise, Montreal Trust Company of Canada may, upon application to such court, be appointed personal representative in the place and stead of Montreal Trust Company with respect to that property, and

(ii) for all property situate outside the Province not coming within sub-clause (i), but held by Montreal Trust Company under any document or trust described in section 1, for which the Court of Queen's Bench has jurisdiction under section 9 of The Trustee Act to make an order for the appointment of a new trustee, Montreal Trust Company of Canada may, upon application to the Court of Queen's Bench, be appointed trustee in the place and stead of Montreal Trust Company with respect to that property, and such appointment shall have for all purposes of the laws of the Province the same effect as if made under section 9 of The Trustee Act,

but any appointment made pursuant to sub-clause (i) or (ii) shall not affect any rights which may continue to be exercised by or against Montreal Trust Company; or

(e) trusts relating to moneys received for guaranteed investment and any real or personal property held in trust with respect to any such guaranteed investment.

Effect of declaration respecting application of Act

6

For every instrument executed subsequent to May 26, 1981 by Montreal Trust Company or by Montreal Trust Company of Canada dealing with any property granted to, or held by, or vested in either corporation, a declaration in such instrument that title to such property is changed by section 2, or that such property comes within any exemption provided by section 5, or that this Act does not apply to such property, shall be binding on both corporations, and shall be accepted as conclusive by every public office whatsoever within the jurisdiction of the Province.

NOTE:  This Act replaces S.M. 1980-81, c. 48.