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Bank Act

Version of section 165 from 2012-12-19 to 2024-10-30:


Marginal note:Number of directors

  •  (1) Subject to subsection 159(1) and sections 168 and 217, the directors of a bank that is not a federal credit union must, by by-law, determine the number of directors or the minimum and maximum number of directors, but no by-law that decreases the number of directors shortens the term of an incumbent director.

  • Marginal note:Number of directors — federal credit union

    (2) Subject to subsection 159(1), the members of a federal credit union must, by by-law, determine the number of directors or the minimum and maximum number of directors.

  • Marginal note:Election at annual meeting

    (3) A by-law made under subsection (1) or (2) that provides for a minimum and maximum number of directors may provide that the number of directors to be elected at any annual meeting of the shareholders or members, as the case may be, be the number that is fixed by the directors before the annual meeting.

  • 1991, c. 46, s. 165
  • 2010, c. 12, s. 1971

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