Bank Act

Marginal note:Certificate

• 969 (1) A certificate issued on behalf of a bank or a bank holding company stating any fact that is set out in the incorporating instrument, the by-laws, the minutes of the meetings of the directors, a committee of directors or the shareholders or members, or in a contract to which the bank or bank holding company is a party, may be signed by a director or an officer of the bank or bank holding company.

• Marginal note:Proof of certain cases

  (2) When introduced as evidence in any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding, the following are, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts so certified without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the certificate:

  • (a) a fact stated in a certificate referred to in subsection (1);

  • (b) a certified extract from a securities register of a bank or a bank holding company;

  • (b.1) a certified extract from the members register of a federal credit union; or

  • (c) a certified copy of, or an extract from, minutes of a meeting of shareholders, directors or a committee of directors of a bank or a bank holding company or of a meeting of members of a federal credit union.