Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act

Marginal note:Insurance of federal institutions

• 17 (1) The Corporation shall, in the manner and to the extent provided in this Act and the by-laws, insure the deposits held by a federal institution in respect of which an order approving the commencement and carrying on of business has been made by the Superintendent unless

  • (a) that order prohibits the institution from accepting deposits in Canada;

  • (b) that order authorizes the institution to accept deposits in Canada solely in accordance with subsection 413(3) of the Bank Act, subsection 378.1(2) of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act or subsection 413(2) of the Trust and Loan Companies Act;

  • (c) the institution has been authorized under section 26.03 to accept deposits payable in Canada while no longer being a member institution; or

  • (d) the institution’s policy of deposit insurance has been terminated under section 31 or cancelled under section 33.

• Marginal note:Effect of amendment to order

  (2) If the order approving the commencement and carrying on of business by a federal institution is at any time amended so as to not contain the prohibition or restriction referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), respectively,

  • (a) on the day on which the amendment takes effect, any authorization under section 26.03 that permits the institution to accept deposits payable in Canada while no longer being a member institution is revoked;

  • (b) on the day on which the amendment takes effect, any existing cancellation of the institution’s policy of deposit insurance under paragraph 33(1)(b) or subsection 33(2) is revoked; and

  • (c) as of the day on which the amendment takes effect, the Corporation shall insure the deposits held by the institution under subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Exception

  (3) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of a federal institution whose policy of deposit insurance has been terminated under section 31 or cancelled under paragraph 33(1)(a).

• Marginal note:Notice to Corporation

  (4) The Superintendent shall notify the Corporation of

  • (a) every application to incorporate a federal institution, or to continue a corporation as a federal institution, in respect of which the Superintendent is likely to make an order approving the commencement and carrying on of business that does not contain the prohibition or restriction referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), respectively; and

  • (b) every application by a federal institution to have its order approving the commencement and carrying on of business amended so as to not contain the prohibition or restriction referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), respectively.