24. Any person or corporation having any claim for direct or indirect damage to property arising from the construction or connected with the execution of any public work undertaken, commenced or performed at the expense of Québec, or any claim arising out of or connected with the fulfilment of any contract for the construction of a public work, and entered into or made with the Minister, may give notice in writing of such claim to the Minister, accompanied by particulars in connection therewith and the causes which have given rise thereto; and the Minister, if he thinks it advisable to allow an arbitration, may, at any time within thirty days after such notice, tender what he considers just compensation for the same, with notice that the claim will be submitted to the arbitrators appointed under this act, unless the amount so tendered be accepted within ten days after such tender.
R. S. 1964, c. 138, s. 24.