Insurance Companies Act

Marginal note:Voting by hands or ballot

• 157 (1) Unless the by-laws otherwise provide, voting at a meeting of shareholders or policyholders shall take place by show of hands except when a ballot is demanded by a shareholder, policyholder or proxyholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

• Marginal note:Ballot

  (2) A shareholder, policyholder or proxyholder may demand a ballot either before or after any vote by show of hands.

• Marginal note:Electronic voting

  (3) Despite subsection (1) and unless the by-laws provide otherwise, any vote referred to in that subsection may be held entirely by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility if the company makes one available.

• Marginal note:Voting while participating electronically

  (4) Unless the by-laws provide otherwise, any person who is participating in a meeting of shareholders or policyholders under subsection 140(2) and entitled to vote at that meeting may vote by means of the telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that the company has made available for that purpose.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (5) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the manner of and conditions for voting at a meeting of shareholders or policyholders by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility.