Bank Act

Marginal note:Directors where elections incomplete or void

• 171 (1) Notwithstanding subsections 166(2) and (3) and paragraphs 168(1)(f) and 172(1)(a), where subsection 170(1) or (2) applies at the close of any meeting of shareholders of a bank, the board of directors shall, until their successors are elected or appointed, consist solely of

  • (a) where paragraph 170(2)(a) applies, the directors referred to in that paragraph; or

  • (b) where subsection 170(1) or paragraph 170(2)(b) applies, the persons who were the incumbent directors immediately before the meeting.

• Marginal note:Where there is no approved rectification plan

  (2) Notwithstanding subsections 166(2) and (3) and paragraphs 168(1)(f) and 172(1)(a), where a plan to rectify the non-compliance referred to in subsection 170(1) has not been approved by the Superintendent by the end of the forty-five day period referred to in that subsection, the board of directors shall, until their successors are elected or appointed, consist solely of the persons who were the incumbent directors immediately before the meeting at which the purported election or appointment referred to in that subsection occurred.

• Marginal note:Directors to call meeting

  (3) Where subsection (1) or (2) applies, the board of directors referred to in that subsection shall without delay call a special meeting of shareholders to fill the vacancies, where paragraph 170(2)(a) applies, or elect a new board of directors, where subsection 170(1) or paragraph 170(2)(b) applies.

• Marginal note:Shareholder may call meeting

  (4) Where the directors fail to call a special meeting required by subsection (3), the meeting may be called by any shareholder.