C-67.3 - Act respecting financial services cooperatives

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601.6. A monetary administrative penalty of $5,000 may be imposed on
(1)  a financial services cooperative
(a)  whose shares, in contravention of section 60, entitle its holder, in the event of the winding-up, insolvency or dissolution of the cooperative, to be reimbursed before the deposits and the other debts of the cooperative have been repaid,
(b)  that, in contravention of section 61, purchases, repurchases or redeems shares without the authorization of the Authority,
(c)  that, in contravention of section 82, hypothecates or gives property as security before obtaining the authorization of the Authority or the federation it is a member of, as the case may be, or
(d)  that, in contravention of section 139, fails to cause its books and accounts to be audited every year by an auditor or whose auditor does not meet the qualification criteria set out in sections 143 and 144;
(e)  that holds contributed capital securities issued by a legal person or partnership, participations in a trust or a share in a co-ownership acquired in contravention of the limits prescribed by section 473 without such holdings being authorized by section 474;
(2)  a credit union
(a)  that, not being a member of a federation, in contravention of section 88, does not comply with the government regulations referred to in that section,
(b)  whose board of directors includes a member who is a disqualified person in contravention of section 227, or a number of directors that contravenes section 244, unless otherwise provided for in the by-laws of the Group made under section 547.2, or
(c)  whose board of supervision includes a member who is a disqualified person, in contravention of section 227, or whose board of supervision, in contravention of section 260, is composed of fewer than three members, unless otherwise provided for in the by-laws of the Group made under section 547.2 or section 547.13;
(3)  a federation
(a)  whose movable property, in contravention of section 81, is charged with a hypothec or other security given,
(b)  that, in contravention of section 87, allocates to a reserve any asset or liability not contemplated in that section,
(c)  that permits, in contravention of section 288.1, its auxiliary members to exercise together more than 30% of the voting rights at a general meeting of the federation,
(d)  whose board of directors, in contravention of section 326, is composed of fewer than five members or, in contravention of section 328, includes a member who is a disqualified person,
(e)  whose board of ethics and professional conduct, in contravention of section 359, is composed of fewer than five members or, in contravention of section 361, includes a member who is a disqualified person, unless otherwise provided for in the by-laws of the Group made under section 547.2 or section 547.13,
(f)  that, in contravention of section 391, fails to inspect the internal affairs and the activities of a credit union or the activities carried on on its behalf or, in contravention of section 399, fails to transmit a copy of its inspection report to the Authority,
(g)  that, in contravention of section 413, entrusts all or part of the management of the funds it has established to any other person, without the authorization of the Authority, or
(h)  that, in contravention of section 480, does not hold directly all the shares carrying voting rights of the issuing corporation referred to in section 475; or
(4)  an issuing corporation that, in contravention of section 481, makes a public issue of securities without the amount and terms and conditions of such issue having received the prior approval of the federation that is the holder of control of the corporation.
2018, c. 23, s. 332.