Insurance Companies Act

Marginal note:Notice of refusal

• 148 (1) If a company refuses to attach a proposal to a notice of a meeting, it shall in writing notify the person submitting the proposal of its intention not to attach the proposal to the notice of the meeting and of the reasons for the refusal. It shall notify the person within the prescribed period after either the day on which it receives the proposal or, if it has requested proof under subsection 147(1.4), the day on which it receives the proof.

• Marginal note:Application to court

  (2) On the application of a person submitting a proposal who claims to be aggrieved by a company’s refusal under subsection (1), a court may restrain the holding of the meeting at which the proposal is sought to be presented and make any further order that it thinks fit.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) A company or any person claiming to be aggrieved by a proposal may apply to a court for an order permitting the company not to attach the proposal to the notice of the meeting, and the court, if it is satisfied that subsection 147(5) applies, may make such order as it thinks fit.

• Marginal note:Notice to Superintendent

  (4) An applicant under subsection (2) or (3) shall give the Superintendent written notice of the application and the Superintendent may appear and be heard at the hearing of the application in person or by counsel.