1. Upon the recommendation of the Minister of Energy and Resources and of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, the Government may constitute as a village municipal corporation, by letters patent, any territory wherein a mining village is established under the authority of sections 130, 131 and 132 of the Mining Act (chapter M-13) and annex thereto any adjacent territory which it may deem necessary for the proper administration of such village and of such territory.
R. S. 1964, c. 195, s. 1; 1979, c. 81, s. 20.