291.22. After obtaining the authorization of the Council, of the Minister of Transport and of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, the corporation may acquire by agreement the whole or part of the property or capital stock of any public transport undertaking operating in whole or in part within its territory.
After obtaining the authorization of the Council, the corporation may also acquire all or part of the property or capital stock contemplated in the first paragraph by expropriation. The expropriation is made in the manner provided in the Expropriation Act (chapter E-24), adapted as required, However, the notice of expropriation shall not indicate any lot number and the amount of the provisional indemnity shall be at least 70% of the offer by the expropriating party.
Should the expropriated party refuse to hand over to the expropriating party the share certificates and the expropriated property, the expropriating party may institute proceedings pursuant to article 565 of the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25).
This section has effect notwithstanding section 38 of the Expropriation Act.