Acts and Regulations

S-5.5 - Securities Act

Section 17
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Secretary
Repealed: 2013, c.31, s.36
2013, c.31, s.36
17Repealed: 2013, c.31, s.36
2013, c.31, s.36
Secretary
17(1)In addition to the duties imposed on the Secretary by this Act, by the regulations or by the Commission, the Secretary may
(a) accept service of all notices and other documents on behalf of the Commission,
(b) when authorized by the Commission, sign a decision made by the Commission as a result of a hearing,
(c) certify under his or her hand a decision made by the Commission or a document or other thing used in connection with a hearing by the Commission, and
(d) exercise such powers as are conferred on the Secretary by this Act, by the regulations or by the Commission.
17(2)The Commission may, in the case of the temporary absence, illness or incapacity to act of the Secretary, designate by resolution another person to act as Secretary.
17(3)A certificate purporting to be signed by the Secretary is, without proof of the Secretary’s appointment, authority or signature, admissible in evidence and is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the facts stated in the certificate.
17(4)A certificate referred to in subsection (3) shall not be received in evidence unless the party intending to produce it has given to the person against whom it is to be produced reasonable notice of the party’s intention, together with a copy of the certificate.
17(5)A person against whom a certificate referred to in subsection (3) is produced may, with leave of the court, require the attendance of the person who signed the certificate for purposes of cross-examination.