Difference between revisions of "Preparing for Transition under the New Societies Act"

==Step 3: Prepare the society’s constitution==

To file the transition application, you will need to submit an electronic version of the society’s constitution, with these modifications:

* The constitution must consist of only the society’s name and purposes – '''which cannot be changed on transition'''. The name and purposes must be word-for-word as they appear in the society’s constitution on file with the Corporate Registry.

* If the constitution currently includes any other provisions, '''these must be moved to the society’s bylaws'''. For example, a society may have a provision in its constitution about remuneration of board members or about the disposition of its assets on dissolution. Such provisions must be moved to the society’s bylaws as part of preparing for transition – see step 4 for more detail.