SOURCE / legal text
Indian Act
About this source
The official consolidated federal legal text consulted for the Act’s current definitions and elected-council provisions.
CLAIM CONNECTIONS / 2
Where this source is used
Section 2 of Canada’s Indian Act defines a band through land, money, or a federal declaration for the Act’s purposes rather than through a universal form of kinship or government.
- supports · section 2(1), definition of ‘band’
The current Indian Act definition of council of the band includes councils formed under section 74, councils governed by the First Nations Elections Act or a community election code, and councils or chiefs selected according to community custom.
- supports · section 2(1), definition of ‘council of the band’; section 74