16. When a group of persons contemplated in section 14 or 15 includes more than one farm operator or farmer who meets the conditions required to render the group eligible for the grants provided for in sections 2 and 5, the maximum grants provided for in those sections may amount to $2 000 and $6 000, respectively, multiplied by the number of such farm operators or farmers, as the case may be.
1972, c. 34, s. 5; 1975, c. 38, s. 12; 1978, c. 43, s. 8.