A Compilation of the Statutes Passed Since Confederation Relating to Banks and Banking, Government and Other Savings Banks, Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange, and Interest and Usury in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Together with Extracts from the Criminal Law, and an Analytical Index: To which is Added a List of the Statutes Passed Since 1867, Affecting Or Creating Bank Charters

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Printed at the "Gazette" Printing House, 1876 - 108 páginas
 

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Página 94 - That nothing in this Act contained, nor any Proceeding, Conviction, or Judgment to be had or taken thereupon, against any Banker, Merchant, Broker, Factor, Attorney, or other Agent as aforesaid, shall prevent, lessen, or impeach any Remedy at Law or in Equity which any Party aggrieved by any such Offence might or would have had if this Act had not been passed...
Página 21 - That, in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved ; but it shall be lawful, on any other day, to...
Página 94 - ... circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing, any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall...
Página 93 - ... with intent to defraud, omits to make, or to cause or direct to be made, a full and true entry thereof, in the books...
Página 88 - Whosoever without lawful Authority or Excuse (the Proof whereof shall lie on the Party accused...
Página 18 - ... be a sufficient discharge to the company for any dividend or other sum of money payable in respect of such share, notwithstanding any...
Página 87 - ... the banks of England and Ireland respectively for any notes, bills of exchange, or bank post bills of such banks respectively,] or shall by any art or contrivance cause the words " Bank of England " or
Página 18 - The company shall not be bound to see to the execution of any trust, whether express, implied, or constructive, to which any of the said shares may be subject...
Página 91 - Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to any of the Punishments which the Court may award as herein-before last mentioned.
Página 92 - ... in case the same shall not be made a security for or subject to the payment of any greater sum of money than the amount which at the time of such deposit or pledge was justly due and owing to such factor or agent...

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