9. At the expiration of the five years mentioned in section 3, or at any earlier time fixed by the Government, every mining village corporation shall cease to be governed by this act.
The Government may, however, extend for one or more additional periods, not exceeding five years in all, the term contemplated by the preceding paragraph and by the second paragraph of section 3.
Such order shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec within thirty days after it is passed.
It shall, however, retain its corporate identity, become subject to all the provisions of the Municipal Code (chapter C-27.1) governing local corporations and be designated in the manner prescribed by article 5 of the said Code.
It shall continue to be subject to the obligations assumed and to benefit from the rights acquired whilst it was governed by this Act.
R. S. 1964, c. 195, s. 10.