554. The corporation shall sell the bonds it is authorized to issue, by adjudication, on written tenders, after a notice, published in the Gazette officielle du Québec at least fifteen days before the date fixed for the taking into consideration of the tenders, at a public sitting of the council of the municipality or of one of its committees.
Such notice shall state the amount, term and mode of repayment of the loan, the rate of interest, and the place, day and hour fixed for the opening of tenders.
The council shall not, without the previous authorization of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, award the contract to any person other than the one who has made the most advantageous tender within the delay fixed.
Every tender must specify whether the price offered does or does not include the interest accrued on the bonds at the time of their delivery.
However, a tender which does not contain such a statement may be accepted by the council if it appear to be more beneficial, provided, in such case, that the acceptance by the council be approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
The Minister of Municipal Affairs may, however, authorize the corporation to sell its bonds by mutual agreement without the formalities prescribed by this section, on the conditions that he may deem expedient to impose.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 592; 1977, c. 52, s. 17.