963. Every corporation may deposit at interest in a chartered bank, or invest in the public funds of Canada, or of Québec, or on first hypothec, any moneys belonging to it.
However, when the moneys are intended to form a sinking-fund for the repayment of the principal of a loan or for the redemption of bonds issued, the corporation shall use the same yearly, or, as the case may be, deposit the same yearly in the office of the Minister of Finance, in the city of Québec, in conformity with sections 34 to 48 of the Act respecting municipal debts and loans (chapter D-7).
Any corporation which had any agreement with any chartered bank or other institution, for depositing a sinking-fund, under any resolution or by-law or otherwise, for redeeming bonds issued by it under any such by-law previous to 28 December 1876, may, with the consent of such bank or institution, withdraw any money deposited in virtue of the same, together with the interest thereon accrued, provided the money be applied forthwith to redeem the issued bonds for which such sinking-fund is payable.
Any bank or other institution in which the sinking-fund mentioned in the third paragraph has been deposited, may pay over all such money, as well as the interest accrued thereon, to such corporation, on receiving a duly certified copy of a resolution to that effect.
M.C. 1916, a. 638; 1917-18, c. 28, s. 5; 1952-53, c. 46, s. 1; 1988, c. 84, s. 705.