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B-9.1 - Business Corporations Act

Section 104
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Auditor — independent of the corporation
2023, c.2, s.155
104(1)Subject to subsection (5), a person is disqualified from being an auditor of a corporation if he is not independent of the corporation, any of its affiliates, or the directors or officers of any such corporation or its affiliates.
104(2)For the purposes of this section,
(a) independence is a question of fact; and
(b) a person shall be deemed not to be independent if he or his business partner
(i) is a business partner, a director, an officer or an employee of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or a business partner of any director, officer or employee of any such corporation or any of its affiliates,
(ii) beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, a material interest in the securities or security interests of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or
(iii) has been a receiver, receiver-manager, liquidator or trustee in bankruptcy of the corporation or any of its affiliates within two years after their proposed appointment as auditor of the corporation.
104(2.1)For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), a person’s business partner includes a shareholder of that person.
104(3)An auditor who becomes disqualified under this section shall, subject to subsection (5), resign forthwith after becoming aware of his disqualification.
104(4)An interested person may apply to the Court for an order declaring an auditor to be disqualified under this section and the office of auditor to be vacant.
104(5)An interested person may apply to the Court for an order exempting an auditor from disqualification under this section and the Court may, if it is satisfied that an exemption would not unfairly prejudice the shareholders, make an exemption order on such terms as it thinks fit, which order may have retrospective effect.
2023, c.2, s.77; 2023, c.2, s.155
Auditor — independent of the corporation
104(1)Subject to subsection (5), a person is disqualified from being an auditor of a corporation if he is not independent of the corporation, any of its affiliates, or the directors or officers of any such corporation or its affiliates.
104(2)For the purposes of this section,
(a) independence is a question of fact; and
(b) a person shall be deemed not to be independent if he or his business partner
(i) is a business partner, a director, an officer or an employee of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or a business partner of any director, officer or employee of any such corporation or any of its affiliates,
(ii) beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, a material interest in the securities or security interests of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or
(iii) has been a liquidator or trustee in bankruptcy of the corporation or any of its affiliates within two years of his proposed appointment as auditor of the corporation.
104(3)An auditor who becomes disqualified under this section shall, subject to subsection (5), resign forthwith after becoming aware of his disqualification.
104(4)An interested person may apply to the Court for an order declaring an auditor to be disqualified under this section and the office of auditor to be vacant.
104(5)An interested person may apply to the Court for an order exempting an auditor from disqualification under this section and the Court may, if it is satisfied that an exemption would not unfairly prejudice the shareholders, make an exemption order on such terms as it thinks fit, which order may have retrospective effect.
Auditor — independent of the corporation
104(1)Subject to subsection (5), a person is disqualified from being an auditor of a corporation if he is not independent of the corporation, any of its affiliates, or the directors or officers of any such corporation or its affiliates.
104(2)For the purposes of this section,
(a) independence is a question of fact; and
(b) a person shall be deemed not to be independent if he or his business partner
(i) is a business partner, a director, an officer or an employee of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or a business partner of any director, officer or employee of any such corporation or any of its affiliates,
(ii) beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, a material interest in the securities or security interests of the corporation or any of its affiliates, or
(iii) has been a liquidator or trustee in bankruptcy of the corporation or any of its affiliates within two years of his proposed appointment as auditor of the corporation.
104(3)An auditor who becomes disqualified under this section shall, subject to subsection (5), resign forthwith after becoming aware of his disqualification.
104(4)An interested person may apply to the Court for an order declaring an auditor to be disqualified under this section and the office of auditor to be vacant.
104(5)An interested person may apply to the Court for an order exempting an auditor from disqualification under this section and the Court may, if it is satisfied that an exemption would not unfairly prejudice the shareholders, make an exemption order on such terms as it thinks fit, which order may have retrospective effect.