186. When a company has ceased to carry on business, except for the purpose of winding up its affairs, and has no debts or obligations that have not been provided for a protected, the directors may pass by-laws for distributing the assets of the company, or any part of them, among the shareholders. No such distribution may be made until 15 days after the publication of a summary of the by-law in the Gazette officielle du Québec .
R. S. 1964, c. 271, s. 182; 1999, c. 40, s. 70.