12.1. The Government may, by letters patent, modify the composition and the names of the county municipalities contemplated in section 12 and erect territories into regional county municipalities.
Such letters patent shall be issued and published in accordance with Chapter I of Title II of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1).
1979, c. 51, s. 251; 1996, c. 2, s. 648.