If the commissioner has taken possession of a credit union as provided for in sections 22 to 26, inclusive, of chapter 167 or a credit union is in the possession of the Massachusetts Share Insurance Corporation and it is determined by the commissioner and the insurer that it is in the best interests of the depositors, shareholders and insurer, a merger as provided for in section 78 may be effected without regard to geographical limitations within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, § 79