Bill C-38
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(3) Section 410 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (1):
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Related party
of retail
association
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(1.1) Subject to the regulations, for the
purposes of this Part, a person is a related party
of a retail association if the person is
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Exception -
subsidiaries
and
substantial
investments of
associations
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(1.2) If an entity in which an association has
a substantial investment would, but for this
subsection, be a related party of the
association only because a person who
controls the association 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 association, the
entity is not a related party of the association.
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304. (1) Paragraph 411(2)(a) of the Act is
amended by adding the following after
subparagraph (ii):
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(2) Paragraph 411(2)(a) of the Act is
amended by striking out the word ``or'' at
the end of subparagraph (iii) and by adding
the following after subparagraph (iii):
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(3) Section 411 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (3):
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Exception for
holding body
corporate
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(4) A holding body corporate of an
association other than a retail association is
not a related party of the association.
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Substantial
investment -
related party
exception
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(5) If a holding body corporate of an
association is, because of subsection (4), not
a related party of the association, any entity in
which the holding body corporate has a
substantial investment is not a related party of
the association if no related party of the
association has a substantial investment in the
entity otherwise than through the control of
the holding body corporate.
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305. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 412:
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Deeming
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412.1 For the purposes of this Part, a
transaction between an association and
another person is deemed to be a transaction
with a related party of the association if the
proceeds of the transaction are transferred to
or used for the benefit of a related party of the
association or if the transaction otherwise
benefits a related party of the association.
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306. Section 418 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (3):
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Asset
transactions in
restructuring
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(3.1) Despite any of the provisions of
subsections (1) and (2), an association may
acquire any assets from, or dispose of any
assets to, a related party of the association as
part of, or in the course of, a restructuring, if
the acquisition or disposition has been
approved in writing by the Superintendent.
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307. (1) Subsection 419(1) of the Act is
amended by adding the following after
paragraph (a):
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(2) Section 419 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (3):
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Loans or
guarantees not
included
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(4) The provision of services, for the
purposes of paragraph (1)(a.1), does not
include the making of loans or guarantees.
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1997, c. 15,
s. 153(1)
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308. (1) Subparagraphs 420(1)(a)(i) and
(ii) of the English version of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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1997, c. 15,
s. 153(1)
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(2) Subparagraphs 420(1)(b)(i) and (ii) of
the English version of the Act are replaced
by the following:
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1997, c. 15,
s. 153(2)
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(3) Subsection 420(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Loans to
full-time
senior officers
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(2) An association may, with respect to a
related party of the association referred to in
subsection (1) who is a full-time senior officer
of the association, 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 association 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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1997, c. 15,
s. 153(3)
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(4) Subsection 420(5) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Preferred
terms - loan
to spouse of
senior officer
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(4.1) Despite section 425, an association
may make a loan referred to in paragraph
415(b) to the spouse of a senior officer of the
association on terms and conditions more
favourable to the spouse of that officer than
market terms and conditions, as defined in
subsection 425(2), by the association if those
terms and conditions have been approved by
the conduct review committee of the
association.
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Preferred
terms - other
financial
services
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(5) Despite section 425, an association may
offer financial services, other than loans or
guarantees, to a senior officer of the
association, or to the spouse, or to a child who
is less than eighteen years of age, of a senior
officer of the association , on terms and
conditions more favourable than market terms
and conditions, as defined in subsection
425(2), if
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1997, c. 15,
s. 155
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309. Section 422 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Margin loans
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422. The Superintendent may establish
terms and conditions with respect to the
making by an association of margin loans to a
director or senior officer of the association.
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310. Subsection 425(2) of the Act is
replaced the following:
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Meaning of
``market terms
and
conditions''
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1),
``market terms and conditions'' means
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311. Section 430 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Voidable
contracts
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430. (1) If an association enters into a
transaction that it is prohibited from entering
into by this Part, the association or the
Superintendent may apply to a court for an
order setting aside the transaction or for any
other appropriate remedy, including an order
directing that the related party of the
association involved in the transaction
account to the association for any profit or
gain realized or that any director or senior
officer of the association who authorized the
transaction compensate the association for
any loss or damage incurred by the
association.
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Time limit
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(2) An application under subsection (1) in
respect of a particular transaction may only be
made within the period of three months
following the day the notice referred to in
section 429 in respect of the transaction is
given to the Superintendent or, if no such
notice is given, the day the Superintendent
becomes aware of the transaction.
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Certificate
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(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a
document purporting to have been issued by
the Superintendent, certifying the day on
which the Superintendent became aware of
the transaction, shall, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, be received in
evidence as conclusive proof of that fact
without proof of the signature or of the official
character of the person appearing to have
signed the document and without further
proof.
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312. The title of Part XIII of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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REGULATION OF ASSOCIATIONS - SUPERINTENDENT |
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313. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 431:
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Report of
unclaimed
deposits
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431.1 (1) A retail association shall, within
sixty days after the end of each calendar year,
provide the Superintendent with a return, in
the form that the Superintendent may
determine, as of the end of that calendar year,
in respect of all deposits made with the
association in Canada in Canadian currency
for which no transaction has taken place and
no statement of account has been requested or
acknowledged by the depositors during a
period of nine years or more.
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Period
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(2) The period referred to in subsection (1)
shall be calculated
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until the date of the return under that
subsection.
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Content of
return
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(3) A return made under subsection (1) must
show, insofar as is known to the association,
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Amounts
under one
hundred
dollars
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(4) If the total outstanding amount of
deposits in the name of a depositor is less than
one hundred dollars, the association may omit
the particulars in respect thereof required by
subsection (3) from the return required by
subsection (1).
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Return on
unclaimed
bills of
exchange
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431.2 (1) A retail association shall, within
sixty days after the end of each calendar year,
provide the Superintendent with a return, in
the form that the Superintendent may
determine, as of the end of that calendar year,
in respect of all negotiable instruments
(including instruments drawn by one branch
of the association on another branch of the
association but not including instruments
issued in payment of a dividend on the capital
of the association) payable in Canada in
Canadian currency that have been issued,
certified or accepted by the association at
branches of the association in Canada and for
which no payment has been made for a period
of nine years or more calculated from the date
of issue, certification, acceptance or maturity,
whichever is the latest, until the date of the
return.
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Content of
return
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(2) A return made under subsection (1) must
show, insofar as is known to the association,
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Amounts
under one
hundred
dollars
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(3) If the amount of an instrument in respect
of which subsection (1) applies is less than one
hundred dollars, the association may omit the
particulars in respect thereof required by
subsection (2) from the return required by
subsection (1).
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Money orders
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(4) A retail association may omit from a
return required by subsection (1) the
particulars required by subsection (2) in
respect of any money order in respect of which
subsection (1) applies.
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Total to be
reported
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431.3 If a retail association, under
subsection 431.1(4) or 431.2(3) or (4), omits
from a return required by subsection 431.1(1)
or 431.2(1) the particulars of any deposit or
instrument, the total of the amounts of all
deposits or instruments that have been so
omitted must be reported in the return.
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314. Sections 433 and 434 of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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Copy of
by-laws
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433. An association shall send to the
Superintendent within thirty days after the
coming into effect of a by-law or an
amendment to a by-law, a copy of the by-law
or amendment.
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Register of
associations
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434. (1) The Superintendent shall, in
respect of each association, cause a register to
be maintained containing a copy of
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Form
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(2) The register may be maintained in
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Access
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(3) Persons are entitled to reasonable access
to the register and may make copies of or take
extracts from the information in it.
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Evidence
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(4) A statement containing information in
the register and purporting to be certified by
the Superintendent is admissible in evidence
in all courts as proof, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated in
the statement without proof of the
appointment or signature of the
Superintendent.
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315. (1) Subsection 435(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Confidential
information
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435. (1) Subject to section 436, all
information regarding the business or affairs
of an association, or regarding a person
dealing with an association , that is obtained
by the Superintendent, or by any person acting
under the direction of the Superintendent, as
a result of the administration or enforcement
of any Act of Parliament, and all information
prepared from that information , is
confidential and shall be treated accordingly.
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(2) Subsection 435(2) of the Act is
amended by striking out the word ``and'' at
the end of paragraph (a.1) and by adding
the following after paragraph (a.1):
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