60. The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may pay, out of the credits voted annually by the Legislature for such purpose, colonization premiums to encourage settlers to clear their lots and plough them and reside thereon. The Government may adopt all such regulations as it may deem expedient to determine the conditions to be fulfilled in order to earn such premiums. Such premiums shall be unassignable and unseizable.
R. S. 1964, c. 102, s. 60; 1973, c. 22, s. 22; 1979, c. 77, s. 21.