216. No school board shall, without the approval of the Minister, hypothecate, sell, lease, exchange or alienate the property belonging to it, if the market value of such property exceeds $1,000 or, as the case may be, if the term of the lease exceeds one year or if the annual rent exceeds $1,200.
All sales of school property authorized by this section shall be made after a call for tenders made by a public notice, unless the Minister has permitted such sale to be made by private agreement for a fixed sum, in such manner and after such notices as he may deem proper.
R. S. 1964, c. 235, s. 228; 1966-67, c. 61, s. 5; 1981, c. 27, s. 2; 1989, c. 36, s. 279; 1990, c. 35, s. 16.