Exception -
subsidiaries
and
substantial
investments of
banks
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(2) Where an entity in which a bank has a
substantial investment would, but for this
subsection, be a related party of the bank only
because a person who controls the bank
controls the entity or has a substantial
investment in the entity, and the person does
not control the entity or have a substantial
investment in the entity otherwise than
through the person's controlling interest in the
bank, the entity is not a related party of the
bank.
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(5) Subsections 486(6) to (8) of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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Holders of
exempted
shares
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(6) The Superintendent may, by order,
designate a class of non-voting shares of a
bank for the purpose of this subsection. If a
class of non-voting shares of a bank is so
designated, a person is deemed,
notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), not to be a
related party of the bank if the person would
otherwise be a related party of the bank only
because the person has a significant interest in
that class.
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Determi- nation of substantial investment
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(7) For the purpose of determining whether
an entity or a person has a substantial
investment for the purposes of paragraph
(1)(e) or (f), the references to ``control'' and
``controlled'' in section 10 shall be construed
as references to ``control, within the meaning
of section 3, determined without regard to
paragraph 3(1)(d)'' and ``controlled, within
the meaning of section 3, determined without
regard to paragraph 3(1)(d)'', respectively.
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(8) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d),
``controlled'' means ``controlled, within the
meaning of section 3, determined without
regard to paragraph 3(1)(d)''.
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1991, c. 48,
par. 494(d)
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69. Subsections 487(4) and (5) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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Exception for
holding body
corporate
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(4) A holding body corporate of a bank is
not a related party of the bank where the
holding body corporate is
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Substantial
investment -
related party
exception
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(5) Where a holding body corporate of a
bank is, because of subsection (4), not a
related party of the bank, any entity in which
the holding body corporate has a substantial
investment is not a related party of the bank if
no related party of the bank has a substantial
investment in the entity otherwise than
through the control of the holding body
corporate.
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70. Subsection 495(3) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Service
corporations
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(3) Notwithstanding subsection 489(2), a
bank is deemed not to have indirectly entered
into a transaction in respect of which this Part
applies if the transaction is entered into by a
service corporation, as defined in subsection
464(1), that is controlled by the bank and the
transaction is on terms and conditions at least
as favourable to the bank as market terms and
conditions, as defined in subsection 501(2).
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71. (1) Paragraphs 496(1)(a) and (b) of
the Act are replaced by the following:
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(2) Subsection 496(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Loans to
full-time
officers
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(2) A bank may, with respect to a related
party of the bank referred to in subsection (1)
who is a full-time senior officer of the bank,
make, take an assignment of or otherwise
acquire a loan to the related party only if the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
loans to the related party that are held by the
bank and its subsidiaries, together with the
principal amount of the proposed loan, does
not exceed the greater of twice the annual
salary of the related party and $100,000.
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(3) Subsections 496(4) to (6) of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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Preferred
terms - loan
to officer
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(4) Notwithstanding section 501, a bank
may make a loan, other than a margin loan, to
a senior officer of the bank on terms and
conditions more favourable to the officer than
those offered to the public by the bank if those
terms and conditions have been approved by
the conduct review committee of the bank.
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Preferred
terms - loan
to spouse of
officer
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(5) Notwithstanding section 501, a bank
may make a loan referred to in paragraph
491(b) to the spouse of a senior officer of the
bank on terms and conditions more favourable
to the spouse of that officer than those offered
to the public by the bank if those terms and
conditions have been approved by the conduct
review committee of the bank.
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Preferred
terms - other
financial
services
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(6) Notwithstanding section 501, a bank
may offer financial services, other than loans
or guarantees, to a senior officer of the bank,
or to the spouse, or a child who is less than
eighteen years of age, of a senior officer of the
bank, on terms and conditions more
favourable than those offered to the public by
the bank if
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72. Subparagraph 497(1)(d)(ii) of the Act
is replaced by the following:
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73. Section 498 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Margin loans
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498. The Superintendent may establish
terms and conditions with respect to the
making by a bank of margin loans to a director
or senior officer of the bank.
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74. Sections 502 and 503 of the Act are
repealed.
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75. Section 505 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Notice to
Superin- tendent
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505. Where a bank has entered into a
transaction that the bank is prohibited by this
Part from entering into or where a bank has
entered into a transaction for which approval
is required under subsection 497(1) without
having obtained the approval, the bank shall,
on becoming aware of that fact, notify the
Superintendent without delay.
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76. (1) The portion of subsection 507(3) of
the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by
the following:
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Deemed
substantial
investment
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(3) For the purposes of the definition
``non-bank affiliate of a foreign bank'' in
subsection (1) and section 518, a foreign bank
is deemed to have a substantial investment in
a Canadian entity if
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(2) Subsection 507(6) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Publication
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(6) Where the Minister makes an order
under subsection (4) or (5), the Minister shall
publish in the Canada Gazette a notice of the
making of the order.
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1996, c. 6,
s. 9
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77. Subsection 510(3) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Cancellation
of registration
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(3) The Superintendent may, by order,
cancel the registration of a representative
office of a foreign bank if
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78. Paragraph 513(2)(b) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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79. Section 514 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Non-bank
affiliates -
prohibited
activities
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514. (1) A non-bank affiliate of a foreign
bank shall not, in Canada,
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Disclosure of
status
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(2) A non-bank affiliate of a foreign bank
that carries on as part of its business the
provision of financial services shall not
borrow money in Canada from the public
without disclosing that
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Manner of
disclosure
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(3) The disclosure shall be
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Exception for
certain
borrowings
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(4) Subsection (2) does not apply
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Exception -
trust or loan
company
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(5) The restrictions on a non-bank affiliate
of a foreign bank under subsections (1) and (2)
do not apply where the non-bank affiliate is a
trust or loan corporation incorporated under
an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a
province.
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Exception -
insurance
company or
securities
dealer
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(6) The restrictions on a non-bank affiliate
of a foreign bank under subsection (2) do not
apply where the non-bank affiliate is
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80. Section 515 of the Act is repealed.
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81. Section 517 of the Act is repealed.
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82. (1) Subsections 518(1) and (2) of the
Act are replaced by the following:
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Investment
restriction
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518. (1) Where shares in a foreign bank
subsidiary are owned by a foreign bank, by a
foreign bank and one or more entities
associated with the foreign bank, or by one or
more entities associated with a foreign bank,
the foreign bank and any entity associated
with it shall not acquire or hold a substantial
investment in
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Exception
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the
foreign bank holds a substantial investment in
a Canadian entity only because a substantial
investment in the Canadian entity is held
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(2) Paragraph 518(3)(b) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(3) Subsections 518(4) to (6) of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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Terms and
conditions
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(4) An order of the Minister made under
paragraph (3)(b) may be subject to such terms
and conditions as the Minister considers
appropriate.
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Revocation or
variation of
order
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(5) The Minister may, by further order,
revoke or vary an order made under paragraph
(3)(b).
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Effective date
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(5.1) The revocation or variation comes
into effect three months after the day the
further order is made, except that if the
Minister and the entity to which the order
relates agree that the revocation or variation is
to take effect at some other time, the
revocation or variation takes effect at that
other time.
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Publication
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(6) Where the Minister makes an order for
the purposes of paragraph (3)(b) or makes an
order under subsection (5), the Minister shall
publish in the Canada Gazette a notice of the
making of the order.
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83. Subsection 519(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Permission to
hold shares
acquired in
realization of
security
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(2) Where a foreign bank acquires shares or
ownership interests in a Canadian entity
through a realization of security for any loan
or advance made by the foreign bank or any
other debt or liability to the foreign bank,
those shares or ownership interests are
deemed, for the purpose of subsection 518(1),
not to have been acquired by the foreign bank
and not to be owned by it for a period of five
years from the day they are so acquired and for
such additional period or periods as the
Minister may, by order, specify.
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