449.1. Where the members of a federation or of a credit union benefit from a service referred to in section 449, the confederation may act as a mandatary of the federation or credit union and, as mandatary, the confederation shall have all the powers that may be exercised by a federation or a credit union, as the case may be.
A confederation shall have the same powers for the purpose of executing any mandate entrusted to it by a federation or a credit union.