555. The council may, by resolution, commission the Minister of Finance to receive and open the tenders provided for in section 554 on behalf and in the name of such municipality.
Where such is the case, the tenders must be sent to or deposited at the place determined by the Minister as notified by him to the clerk of the municipality together with the day and time fixed for the opening of the tenders.
For the purposes of this section, the Minister may act through the representative designated by him.
The resolution contemplated in the first paragraph binds the Minister from the time he receives certified copy of it until he receives certified copy of a resolution to the contrary.
Where the Minister is commissioned under the first paragraph, the adjudication is effected by the Minister without a resolution of the municipal council being required.
1977, c. 52, s. 18; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2005, c. 50, s. 14; 2023, c. 302023, c. 30, s. 801.