Recovery
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(2) A director who is liable under section
841 is entitled to apply to a court for an order
compelling a shareholder or other person to
pay or deliver to the director any money or
property that was paid or distributed to the
shareholder or other person contrary to section
754, 757, 761 or 846.
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Court order
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(3) Where an application is made to a court
under subsection (2), the court may, where it
is satisfied that it is equitable to do so,
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Limitation
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843. An action to enforce a liability
imposed by section 841 may not be
commenced after two years from the date of
the resolution authorizing the action
complained of.
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Liability for
wages
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844. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3),
the directors of an insurance holding company
are jointly and severally liable to each
employee of the insurance holding company
for all debts not exceeding six months wages
payable to the employee for services
performed for the insurance holding company
while they are directors.
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Conditions
precedent
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(2) A director is not liable under subsection
(1) unless
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Limitations
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(3) A director is not liable under subsection
(1) unless the director is sued for a debt
referred to in that subsection while a director
or within two years after the director has
ceased to be a director.
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Amount due
after
execution
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(4) Where execution referred to in
paragraph (2)(a) has issued, the amount
recoverable from a director is the amount
remaining unsatisfied after execution.
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Subrogation
of director
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(5) Where a director of an insurance holding
company pays a debt referred to in subsection
(1) that is proven in liquidation and
dissolution or bankruptcy proceedings, the
director is entitled to any preference that the
employee would have been entitled to and,
where a judgment has been obtained, the
director is entitled to an assignment of the
judgment.
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Contribution
entitlement
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(6) A director of an insurance holding
company who has satisfied a claim under this
section is entitled to a contribution from the
other directors of the insurance holding
company who are liable for the claim.
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Reliance on
statement
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845. A director, an officer or an employee
of an insurance holding company is not liable
under subsection 795(1) or (2) or section 841
or 844 if the director, officer or employee
relies in good faith on
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Indemnificati
on of directors
and officers
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846. (1) Except in respect of an action by or
on behalf of the insurance holding company to
procure a judgment in its favour, an insurance
holding company may indemnify
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against all costs, charges and expenses,
including an amount paid to settle an action or
satisfy a judgment reasonably incurred by the
person in respect of any civil, criminal or
administrative action or proceeding to which
the person is made a party by reason of being
or having been a person referred to in any of
paragraphs (a) to (c), if
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Indemnificati
on in
derivative
action
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(2) An insurance holding company may,
with the approval of a court, indemnify a
person referred to in subsection (1), in respect
of an action by or on behalf of the insurance
holding company or entity to procure a
judgment in its favour to which the person is
made a party by reason of being or having
been a director or an officer of the insurance
holding company or entity, against all costs,
charges and expenses, including an amount
paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with that action if the person fulfils
the conditions set out in paragraphs (1)(d) and
(e).
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Right to
indemnity
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(3) Despite anything in this section, a
person referred to in subsection (1) is entitled
to indemnity from the insurance holding
company in respect of all costs, charges and
expenses, including an amount paid to settle
an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the
defence of any civil, criminal or
administrative action or proceeding to which
the person is made a party by reason of being
or having been a director or an officer of the
insurance holding company or an entity, if the
person seeking indemnity
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Heirs
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(4) An insurance holding company may, to
the extent referred to in subsections (1) to (3)
in respect of the person, indemnify the heirs or
personal representatives of any person the
insurance holding company may indemnify
pursuant to subsections (1) to (3).
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Directors' and
officers'
insurance
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847. An insurance holding company may
purchase and maintain insurance for the
benefit of any person referred to in section 846
against any liability incurred by the person
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Application to
court for
indemnificatio
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848. (1) An insurance holding company or
a person referred to in section 846 may apply
to a court for an order approving an indemnity
under that section and the court may so order
and make any further order it thinks fit.
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Notice to
Superintenden
t
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(2) An applicant under subsection (1) shall
give the Superintendent written notice of the
application and the Superintendent is entitled
to appear and to be heard at the hearing of the
application in person or by counsel.
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Other notice
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(3) On an application under subsection (1),
the court may order notice to be given to any
interested person and that person is entitled to
appear and to be heard in person or by counsel
at the hearing of the application.
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Subdivision 4
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Fundamental Changes
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Amendments - Letters Patent
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Incorporating
instrument
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849. On the application of an insurance
holding company duly authorized by special
resolution, the Minister may approve a
proposal to add, change or remove any
provision that is permitted by this Part to be set
out in the incorporating instrument of the
insurance holding company.
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Letters patent
to amend
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850. (1) On receipt of an application
referred to in section 849, the Minister may
issue letters patent to effect the proposal.
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Effect of
letters patent
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(2) Letters patent issued pursuant to
subsection (1) become effective on the day
stated in the letters patent.
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Amendments - By-laws
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By-laws
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851. (1) The directors of an insurance
holding company may make, amend or repeal
any by-laws, in the manner set out in
subsections (2) and (3) and sections 852 to
856, to
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Shareholder
approval
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(2) The directors shall submit a by-law, or
an amendment to or a repeal of a by-law, that
is made under subsection (1) to the
shareholders entitled to vote, and the
shareholders may, by special resolution,
confirm, amend or reject the by-law,
amendment or repeal.
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Effective date
of by-law
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(3) A by-law, or an amendment to or a
repeal of a by-law, made under subsection (1)
is not effective until it is confirmed or
confirmed as amended by the shareholders
under subsection (2) and, in the case of
by-laws referred to in paragraph (1)(j),
approved by the Superintendent in writing.
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Class vote
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852. (1) The holders of shares of a class or,
subject to subsection (2), of a series are, unless
the by-laws otherwise provide in the case of an
amendment to the by-laws referred to in
paragraph (a), (b) or (e), entitled to vote
separately as a class or series on a proposal to
amend the by-laws to
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Right limited
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(2) The holders of a series of shares of a
class are entitled to vote separately as a series
under subsection (1) if that series is affected
by an addition or amendment to the by-laws in
a manner different from other shares of the
same class.
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Right to vote
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(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply whether or
not the shares of a class otherwise carry the
right to vote.
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Separate
resolutions
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853. A proposed addition or amendment to
the by-laws referred to in subsection 852(1) is
adopted when the holders of the shares of each
class or series entitled to vote separately
thereon as a class or series have approved the
addition or amendment by a special
resolution.
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Revoking
resolution
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854. Where a special resolution referred to
in subsection 851(2) so states, the directors
may, without further approval of the
shareholders, revoke the special resolution.
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Proposal to
amend
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855. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a director
or a shareholder who is entitled to vote at an
annual meeting of shareholders of an
insurance holding company may, in
accordance with sections 770 and 771, make
a proposal to make an application referred to
in section 849 or to make, amend or repeal the
by-laws referred to in subsection 851(1) of the
insurance holding company.
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Notice of
amendment
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(2) Notice of a meeting of shareholders at
which a proposal to amend the incorporating
instrument or to make, amend or repeal the
by-laws of an insurance holding company to
effect any of the changes referred to in
subsection 851(1) is to be considered must set
out the proposal.
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Rights
preserved
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856. No amendment to the incorporating
instrument or by-laws of an insurance holding
company affects an existing cause of action or
claim or liability to prosecution in favour of or
against the insurance holding company or its
directors or officers, or any civil, criminal or
administrative action or proceeding to which
the insurance holding company or any of its
directors or officers are a party.
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Amalgamation
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Application to
amalgamate
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857. On the joint application of two or more
bodies corporate incorporated by or under an
Act of Parliament, including a company or an
insurance holding company but not including
a mutual company, the Minister may issue
letters patent amalgamating and continuing
the applicants as one insurance holding
company.
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Amalgamatio
n agreement
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858. (1) Each applicant proposing to
amalgamate shall enter into an amalgamation
agreement.
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Contents of
agreement
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(2) Every amalgamation agreement shall
set out the terms and means of effecting the
amalgamation and, in particular,
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