28. The Government may authorize the Minister of Finance, out of any deposit made in the Ministère des Finances, in virtue of any statute or otherwise, to retain the amount of any indebtedness that may be due the State either by the person who made the deposit or to whom it is payable, and apply such sum in liquidation of such claims.
R. S. 1964, c. 64, s. 77; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1999, c. 40, s. 102.