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Version of section 326 from 2003-01-01 to 2012-12-18:


Marginal note:Auditors’ report

  •  (1) The auditor or auditors shall, not less than twenty-one days before the date of the annual meeting of the shareholders of the bank, make a report in writing to the shareholders on the annual statement referred to in subsection 308(1).

  • Marginal note:Audit for shareholders

    (2) In each report required under subsection (1), the auditor or auditors shall state whether, in the opinion of the auditor or auditors, the annual statement presents fairly, in accordance with the accounting principles referred to in subsection 308(4), the financial position of the bank as at the end of the financial year to which it relates and the results of the operations and changes in the financial position of the bank for that financial year.

  • Marginal note:Auditors’ remarks

    (3) In each report referred to in subsection (2), the auditor or auditors shall include such remarks as the auditor or auditors consider necessary when

    • (a) the examination has not been made in accordance with the auditing standards referred to in subsection 323(2);

    • (b) the annual statement has not been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the preceding financial year; or

    • (c) the annual statement does not present fairly, in accordance with the accounting principles referred to in subsection 308(4), the financial position of the bank as at the end of the financial year to which it relates or the results of the operations or changes in the financial position of the bank for that financial year.


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