8. Every company shall, before commencing any of the works contemplated by it, cause a report to be laid before the Minister of Natural Resources and a copy of such report to be laid before the municipal council of the county in which such works are proposed to be situated, or, if the works be situated in more than one county, then before the municipal councils of the counties in or on the boundaries of which such works are proposed to be situated, or, if such proposed works be in unsurveyed lands not contained within any county, then before the Minister of Natural Resources alone.
R. S. 1964, c. 96, s. 8; 1979, c. 81, s. 20; 1990, c. 64, s. 24; 1994, c. 13, s. 16.