49. Associations regularly organized under this act may freely agree to take joint action for the protection of their common interests in the form of federations whose activities and operations may cover all or a portion of Québec.
Such federations are authorized to exercise the rights and powers of associations created under this act, and to make rules and regulations necessary for their proper working in the territory over which such operations extend, as defined by such rules and regulations.
R. S. 1964, c. 294, s. 49.