139.1. If a cooperative agricultural association governed by the Act respecting cooperative agricultural associations (chapter S-24) establishes to the satisfaction of the Minister that the portion of the sales made in the pursuit of the objects mentioned in section 2 of the said act represents less than one-third of all its sales, and it pursues purposes permitted by section 3 of this act, it may become an association governed by this act.
For that purpose it shall send to the Minister an application, in duplicate, in conformity with form 5; the Minister shall accept, in support of the application, and hold in trust, every necessary affidavit, whether under oath or solemn affirmation.
If, after consultation with the Conseil de la coopération, the Minister approves the application, he shall indicate it by signing each copy.
Notice that approval has been granted shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec at the expense of the cooperative agricultural association and, from that publication, this association becomes a cooperative association governed by this act.
After the publication of the notice, one copy of the application shall be filed in the records of the Ministère des consommateurs, coopératives et institutions financières and the other copy shall be returned to the association.