Cooperative Credit Associations Act (S.C. 1991, c. 48)

Marginal note:Vesting in Crown

349. Subject to subsection 346(1) and sections 350 and 351, property of an association that has not been disposed of at the date of the dissolution of the association vests in Her Majesty in right of Canada.

Marginal note:Unclaimed money on winding-up

• 350. (1) Notwithstanding the Winding-up and Restructuring Act, where the business of an association is being wound up, the liquidator or the association shall pay to the Minister on demand and in any event before the final winding-up of that business any amount that is payable by the liquidator or the association to a creditor, member or shareholder of the association to whom payment thereof has not, for any reason, been made.

• Marginal note:Records

  (2) Where a liquidator or an association makes a payment to the Minister under subsection (1) with respect to a creditor, member or shareholder, the liquidator or association shall concurrently forward to the Minister all documents, records and registers in the possession of the liquidator or association that relate to the entitlement of the creditor, member or shareholder.

• Marginal note:Payment to Bank of Canada

  (3) The Minister shall pay to the Bank of Canada all amounts paid to the Minister under subsection (1) and shall provide the Bank of Canada with any document, record or register received by the Minister under subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Liquidator and association discharged

  (4) Payment by a liquidator or an association to the Minister under subsection (1) discharges the liquidator and the association in respect of which the payment is made from all liability for the amount so paid, and payment by the Minister to the Bank of Canada under subsection (3) discharges the Minister from all liability for the amount so paid.

Marginal note:Liability of Bank of Canada

• 351. (1) Subject to section 22 of the Bank of Canada Act, where payment has been made to the Bank of Canada of an amount under subsection 350(3), the Bank of Canada, if payment is demanded by a person who, but for subsection 350(4), would be entitled to receive payment of that amount from the liquidator, the association or the Minister, is liable to pay to that person at its head office an amount equal to the amount so paid to it, with interest thereon for the period, not exceeding ten years, from the day on which the payment was received by the Bank of Canada until the date of payment to the person, at such rate and computed in such manner as the Minister determines.

• Marginal note:Enforcing liability

  (2) The liability of the Bank of Canada under subsection (1) may be enforced by action against the Bank of Canada in the court in the province in which the debt or instrument was payable.

Marginal note:Custody of records after dissolution

352. A person who has been granted custody of the documents, records and registers of a dissolved association shall keep them available for production for six years following the date of the dissolution of the association or until the expiration of such shorter period as may be ordered by the court when it orders the dissolution.