Bill 11 — The Miscellaneous Statutes (Public Registries Enhancement) Amendment Act, 2024 (No. 2)
Assented to on 2025-05-13 · Sponsor: Tim McLeod
Allows registrars of the Co-operatives and Non-profit Corporations registries to verify users' identities and to authorize the use of digital signatures.
- Lets the registrar verify the identity of people searching or submitting documents to the registry
- Keeps identity verification information private and outside the public register
- Allows sharing of identity verification information with police, RCMP or Canada Revenue Agency for investigations
- Lets the registrar set rules for which digital signatures and technologies are acceptable for filings
- Exempts registry digital signatures from The Electronic Information and Documents Act, 2000
- Gives government power to make regulations on data access, disclosure and use of registry information
- Applies the same identity verification and digital signature rules to both the Co-operatives Act and Non-profit Corporations Act
The bill on the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan website