24. Whenever such society has appropriated, for its purposes, at least $300, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he approve of its proceedings, shall transmit a notice of the approval to the Inspector General. The notice shall indicate the name and the address of the head office of the society. The Inspector General shall deposit the notice in the register. From the date of deposit, the society shall form a corporation under the name of “District of Agricultural Society”, with the right to acquire and possess lands and buildings in which to hold its exhibitions and meetings or to establish an agricultural school, as well as to sell and lease or otherwise dispose of such lands, provided it shall possess not more than 122 ha at a time.
The Minister shall refuse to approve the proceedings forming the society if the declaration contains a name that is not in conformity with any of paragraphs 1 to 6 of section 1.1.
R. S. 1964, c. 112, s. 24; 1973, c. 22, s. 22; 1979, c. 77, s. 21; 1984, c. 47, s. 213; 1993, c. 48, s. 446.