353. The Regional Government may, by ordinance of its council previously approved by the Minister, make with any public body, including a municipal corporation, however constituted, a community, an association and a school board, agreements respecting the exercise of its competence; it may then carry out such agreements and exercise the rights and privileges and fulfill the obligations arising therefrom, even outside its territory.
It may also, by ordinance of its council previously approved by the Government, make similar agreements with the Government of Canada, any body thereof or any public body mentioned in the first paragraph and situated outside of Québec.
The council may provide in the agreement contemplated in the first or second paragraph for the establishment of a joint committee and may delegate to such committee all or part of its powers in respect of the subject matter of such agreement.
Any agreement made in virtue of the present section shall be without prejudice to third parties.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, the words “community” and “association” shall include any group of persons associated for the pursuit of a common purpose in Québec, but not possessed of civil personality within the meaning of the Civil Code.