23. A lessee of exclusive trapping rights may transfer all the rights and obligations under the lease to another lessee of exclusive trapping rights provided that the latter lessee also transfers all the rights and obligations under the lease and that both lessees(1) have sent to the Minister an application in writing, not later than 1 August, together with, if applicable, a copy of the deed evidencing the reciprocal transfer of the buildings or structures erected in the territories identified on their respective leases;
(2) trapped on the land referred to in the lease during the year of the transfer;
(3) have not been convicted of an offence against the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1) or its regulations on trapping or the fur trade and have not had the hunter’s or trapper’s certificate referred to in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 3 or a hunting, fishing or trapping licence suspended or cancelled during the 2 years preceding the date of the application for a transfer;
(4) have not received a notice of revocation of their respective leases; and
(5) have signed the deed of amendment to each lease of exclusive trapping rights and returned a signed copy to the Minister.