69. Where bonds or other debt securities are redeemed before maturity or purchased by agreement, the Minister may maintain them in force in order to reissue them, provided that the characteristics, terms and conditions of the issue do not expressly provide otherwise. The Minister may then reissue the bonds or other debt securities, either by reissuing the same bonds or debt securities or by issuing other bonds or debt securities in their place; with regard to the new issue, the person holding rights in the bonds or other debt securities has the same rights and privileges as if the bonds or other debt securities had not been previously issued.
The reissue of a bond or other debt security, or the issue of another bond or debt security in its place, shall not be considered as the issue of a new bond or new debt security for the purposes of any provision of an order in council limiting the amount or the number of bonds or other debt securities to be issued.