Trust and Loan Companies Act

Marginal note:Director to abstain

• 208 (1) A director who is required to make a disclosure under subsection 207(1) shall not be present at any meeting of directors, or of a committee of directors, while the contract or transaction is being considered or vote on any resolution to approve it unless the contract or transaction

  • (a) relates primarily to their remuneration as a director, officer, employee or agent of the company, an entity controlled by the company or an entity in which the company has a substantial investment;

  • (b) is for indemnity under section 217 or insurance under section 218; or

  • (c) is with an affiliate of the company.

• Marginal note:Ineligibility

  (2) Any director who knowingly contravenes subsection (1) ceases to hold office as director and is not eligible, for a period of five years after the date on which the contravention occurred, for election or appointment as a director of any financial institution that is incorporated or formed by or under an Act of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Validity of acts

  (3) An act of the board of directors of a company or of a committee of the board of directors is not invalid because a person acting as a director had ceased under subsection (2) to hold office as a director.