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In this Act, |
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"approved
telecommunications common carrier" means a corporation named in Schedule I;
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"Board of
Directors" or "Board" means the Board of Directors of the company;
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"by-laws"
means by-laws of the company;
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"charter", in
relation to the company, means this Act and any letters patent issued pursuant
to section 34;
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"commercial
radio station" means a radio station that is not exempted by subsection 4(5) of
the Radio Act from the requirements
of subsection 4(1) of that Act;
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"company"
means Telesat Canada incorporated by this Act;
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"Minister"
means the Minister of Communications;
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"persons who
fulfil the statutory conditions" means
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(a)
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in the case
of persons who are not holders of common shares of the company, persons to
whom common shares of the company could be issued or transferred without a
contravention of the statutory conditions resulting from the issue or
transfer, and
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(b)
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in the case
of persons who are holders of common shares of the company, persons who hold
those shares without thereby contravening or causing a contravention of the
statutory conditions,
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but does not
include, in either case, Her Majesty in right of Canada, corporations declared
by statute to be agents of Her Majesty in right of Canada or approved
telecommunications common carriers;
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"satellite
telecommunication system" means a complete telecommunication system consisting
of two or more commercial radio stations situated on land, water or aircraft,
in this Act referred to as "earth stations", and one or more radio stations
situated on a satellite in space, in this Act referred to as "satellite
stations", in which at least one earth station is capable of transmitting
signs, signals, writing, images or sounds or intelligence of any nature to a
satellite station that is in turn capable of receiving and retransmitting those
signs, signals, writing, images or sounds or intelligence of any nature for
reception by one or more earth stations;
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"shares of the
company" means shares in the capital stock of the company;
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"statutory
conditions" means the conditions set out in Schedule II;
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"telecommunication"
means any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing,
images or sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, visual or other
electromagnetic system. R.S., c. T-4, s. 2.
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