C-67.3 - Act respecting financial services cooperatives

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137. Unless otherwise provided by law, a financial services cooperative may keep all or any of the books it is required to keep under this Act at a place outside its head office, if
(1)  it is a credit union that is a member of a federation and is authorized to do so under the federation’s standards, or it is a federation and is authorized to do so under its by‑laws;
(2)  the information contained in those books is available for inspection, in an appropriate medium, during regular office hours at the head office of the financial services cooperative or any other place in Québec designated by the board of directors; and
(3)  the financial services cooperative provides technical assistance to facilitate the inspection of the information contained in the books.
If the books and registers are not kept at the head office, the cooperative shall send the Authority a notice specifying where they are kept.
2000, c. 29, s. 137; 2018, c. 23, s. 108.
137. Any member may examine during usual business hours, on the premises of a financial services cooperative, the documents described in paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 8 of section 132.
The member may also obtain copies of the documents described in paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 8 of the said section. The cooperative may, in the case of the documents described in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of the said section, require payment of the cost of reproduction and transmission of such documents.
The cooperative may require a member to declare under oath that the information obtained by the member under this section will be used solely for the exercise of the member’s rights under this Act.
2000, c. 29, s. 137.