368. On application therefor by the regional school boards concerned belonging to the same language category whose territories are contiguous, the Government may, by order, amalgamate their territories and form a new regional school board, or extend the boundaries of the territory of one of the regional school boards by annexing the whole of the territory of the other regional school board to it.
In the case of an amalgamation, a new regional school board shall be established in the territory determined in the order and the school boards that have applied therefor shall cease to exist. In the case of a total annexation, the regional school board whose territory is annexed shall cease to exist.
The member school boards of a regional school board so amalgamated or annexed shall become members of the new regional school board resulting from the amalgamation or of the annexing regional school board.