Bank Act — B-1.01 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, affairs , with respect to a bank, an authorized foreign bank or a bank holding company, means the relationships among the bank, authorized foreign bank or bank holding company and its affiliates and the shareholders, members, directors and officers of the bank, authorized foreign bank or bank holding company and its affiliates, but does not include the business of the bank, authorized foreign bank or bank holding company or any of its affiliates; ( affaires internes ) affiliate means an entity that is affiliated with another entity within the meaning of section 6; ( groupe ) Agency means the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada established under section 3 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( Agence ) annual return means a return prepared in accordance with section 601; ( état annuel ) annual statement , in relation to a bank, means the annual financial statement of the bank within the meaning of paragraph 308(1)(a) and, in relation to a bank holding company, means the annual financial statement of the bank holding company within the meaning of paragraph 840(1)(a); ( rapport annuel ) authorized foreign bank means a foreign bank that is the subject of an order under subsection 524(1); ( banque étrangère autorisée ) bank means a bank listed in Schedule I or II; ( banque ) bank holding company means a body corporate that is incorporated or formed under Part XV; ( société de portefeuille bancaire ) bearer , in relation to a security, means the person in possession of a security payable to bearer or endorsed in blank; ( porteur ) bearer form , in respect of a security, means a security in bearer form as determined in accordance with subsection 83(2); ( titre au porteur ) beneficial ownership includes ownership through one or more trustees, legal representatives, agents or other intermediaries; ( véritable propriétaire et propriété effective ) body corporate means an incorporated body wherever or however incorporated; ( personne morale ) branch (a) in respect of a bank, means an agency, the head office or any other office of the bank, and (b) in respect of an authorized foreign bank, means an agency, the principal office or any other office of the authorized foreign bank in Canada at which is carried on the business in Canada of the authorized foreign bank; ( succursale ) Canadian entity means an entity that is incorporated or formed by or under an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, or otherwise formed in Canada, and that carries on business in Canada; ( entité canadienne ) Canadian financial institution means a financial institution that is incorporated or formed by or under an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province; ( institution financière canadienne ) central cooperative credit society means a body corporate organized on cooperative principles by or under an Act of the legislature of a province, one of whose principal purposes is to receive deposits from and provide liquidity support to local cooperative credit societies, and (a) whose membership consists solely or primarily of local cooperative credit societies, or (b) whose directors are wholly or primarily persons elected or appointed by local cooperative credit societies; ( société coopérative de crédit centrale ) central securities register or securities register , in relation to a bank, means the register referred to in section 248 and, in relation to a bank holding company, means the register referred to in section 825; ( registre central des valeurs mobilières ou registre des valeurs mobilières ) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada appointed under section 4 of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act ; ( commissaire ) common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year; ( conjoint de fait ) complainant , in relation to a