10. The Minister of Finance may pay to the company, out of the consolidated revenue fund, with prior approval of the Government, an amount of $5 000 000 for 500,000 fully paid-up shares of its capital stock for which a certificate shall be issued to him in return for such payment.
Such payment may be made, in one or several instalments, before the end of the 1980 calendar year; if it is made in several instalments, each of them must be submitted for the approval contemplated in the first paragraph.