Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Marginal note:Creditor may indicate assent or dissent

• 66.17 (1) Any creditor who has proved a claim may indicate assent to or dissent from the consumer proposal in the prescribed manner to the administrator at or prior to a meeting of creditors, or prior to the expiration of the forty-five day period following the filing of the consumer proposal.

• Marginal note:Effect

  (2) Any dissent received by the administrator prior to the expiration of the forty-five day period mentioned in subsection (1) is deemed to be a request for a meeting of creditors for the purpose of paragraph 66.15(2)(b), and any assent or dissent received by the administrator at or prior to a meeting of creditors has effect as if the creditor had been present and had voted at the meeting.