15. The Minister of Industry, Trade, Science and Technology may issue directives respecting the aims and objectives of the company in the carrying out of the functions entrusted to it by the Act.
Such directives shall be submitted to the approval of the Government. If so approved, they are binding on the company which must comply with them.
Any directive issued under this section as well as the relevant documents must be tabled before the National Assembly within 15 days after its approval by the Government. If such directive is issued while the National Assembly is not in session, it must be tabled before it within 15 days after the opening of the next session or resumption, as the case may be.
Any directive to authorize investment by the company in a field contemplated in section 4.2 as well as the relevant documents must be submitted for discussion to the parliamentary Committee on industry, commerce and tourism convened for that purpose within 30 days of being tabled.
Third persons are not obliged to see to the observance of this section, which shall not be invoked by or against them.
1962, c. 54, s. 15; 1978, c. 66, s. 8; 1979, c. 77, s. 27; 1983, c. 18, s. 9; 1984, c. 36, s. 44; 1988, c. 41, s. 89; 1994, c. 16, s. 51.