169. The by-laws of a corporation that is a reporting issuer or that has 50 or more shareholders may provide for the fixing in advance, in a specified manner, of a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive notice of a shareholders meeting, receive payment of a dividend, participate in a liquidation distribution and vote at a shareholders meeting or for any other purpose.
For the purpose of determining which shareholders are entitled to receive notice of a shareholders meeting or vote at the meeting, the record date must be not less than 21 days and not more than 60 days before the meeting.