Marginal note:Divestiture
522.25 (1) If a foreign bank or an entity associated with a foreign bank contravenes any provision of Division 4 or fails to comply with any terms and conditions imposed by any order made for the purpose of any of those provisions, the Minister may, if the Minister considers it in the public interest to do so, by order, direct the foreign bank or the entity to divest itself of the control of, or a substantial investment in, a bank or bank holding company to which the offence relates.
Marginal note:Ceasing to engage in or carry on business
(2) If an authorized foreign bank or an entity associated with an authorized foreign bank contravenes any provision of Division 4 or fails to comply with any terms and conditions imposed by any order made for the purpose of any of those provisions, the Minister may, if the Minister considers it in the public interest to do so, revoke the order made under subsection 524(1).
Marginal note:Divestment order
(3) The Minister may, by order, direct a foreign bank or an entity associated with a foreign bank, within any period that the Minister considers reasonable, to dispose of assets used in a business or activity engaged in or carried on, or to dispose of the control of an entity or a substantial investment in an entity acquired or held, in contravention of this Part or in contravention of any terms and conditions imposed
(a) under subsection 522.26(2); or
(b) under subsection 518(4) or 521(1.02), as it read immediately before October 24, 2001.
- 2001, c. 9, s. 132
- 2007, c. 6, s. 70
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