46.1. The Minister of Municipal Affairs may, upon the application of the county council or any interested party, annex to a municipality governed by this act any unorganized territory or portion thereof being part of the county.
Upon such application the Minister must inform the county corporation concerned, where such is the case, and ask it to submit its objections, if any, to him within a delay of three months; he may conduct any inquiry necessary to ascertain the facts.
At the end of that delay, the Minister, if he deems it expedient, shall order the annexation applied for, by means of a proclamation published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, which comes into force on the date mentioned therein.