Bank Act

Marginal note:Indemnification of directors and officers

• 212 (1) Except in respect of an action by or on behalf of the bank to procure a judgment in its favour, a bank may indemnify

  • (a) a director or an officer of the bank,

  • (b) a former director or officer of the bank, or

  • (c) any person who acts or acted at the bank’s request as a director or an officer of an entity of which the bank is or was a shareholder or creditor

  against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment reasonably incurred by the person in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which the person is made a party by reason of being or having been a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (c), if

  • (d) the director, officer or person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the bank, and

  • (e) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding enforced by a monetary penalty, the director, officer or person had reasonable grounds for believing that the impugned conduct was lawful.

• Marginal note:Indemnification in derivative action

  (2) A bank may, with the approval of a court, indemnify a person referred to in subsection (1), in respect of an action by or on behalf of the bank or entity to procure a judgment in its favour to which the person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or an officer of the bank or entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the person in connection with that action if the person fulfils the conditions set out in paragraphs (1)(d) and (e).

• Marginal note:Right to indemnity

  (3) Notwithstanding anything in this section, a person referred to in subsection (1) is entitled to indemnity from the bank in respect of all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defence of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which the person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or an officer of the bank or an entity, if the person seeking indemnity

  • (a) was substantially successful on the merits in the defence of the action or proceedings; and

  • (b) fulfils the conditions set out in paragraphs (1)(d) and (e).

• Marginal note:Heirs

  (4) A bank may, to the extent referred to in subsections (1) to (3) in respect of the person, indemnify the heirs or personal representatives of any person the bank may indemnify pursuant to subsections (1) to (3).