42. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any company constituted under the Companies Act (chapter C-38) and whose principal object is the protection of the forest, in Québec or in certain parts of Québec, against fire, may by by-law provide that the Minister of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Parks, or such person as he may designate, shall be ex officio a member of its board of directors, and that the other members, or some of the other members of its board of directors, instead of being elected at the general meeting of the shareholders, may be appointed, one by each other company constituted under the same Act for similar purposes and holding, in its own name or in the name of one or more trustees, one or more shares therein; and it shall not be necessary that such trustee have the qualifications required by section 86 of the Companies Act to be a member of the board of directors.
R. S. 1964, c. 275, s. 37; 1979, c. 81, s. 20; 1990, c. 64, s. 24; 1994, c. 13, s. 16; 1999, c. 40, s. 214; 2003, c. 8, s. 6.