172.5. Notwithstanding sections 83 and 171, the chairman of the board of directors or, if the chairman is absent or unable to act and no other person is able to replace him in accordance with section 164, the director general may, in case of irresistible force of such a nature as to imperil the life or health of the population or seriously damage or impair the operation of the equipment of the transit authority, order any expenditure and award, without calling for tenders, any contract that he considers necessary to remedy the situation.
In such a case, the chairman or, if applicable, the director general must make a report with reasons to the board of directors at the following meeting.
1990, c. 85, s. 70; 1996, c. 52, s. 18; 1999, c. 40, s. 67.