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Section 18-19
Reserves
Marginal note:Reserves to be held for use and benefit of Indians
- 18 (1) Subject to this Act, reserves are held by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of the respective bands for which they were set apart, and subject to this Act and to the terms of any treaty or surrender, the Governor in Council may determine whether any purpose for which lands in a reserve are used or are to be used is for the use and benefit of the band.
- Marginal note:Use of reserves for schools, etc.
(2) The Minister may authorize the use of lands in a reserve for the purpose of Indian schools, the administration of Indian affairs, Indian burial grounds, Indian health projects or, with the consent of the council of the band, for any other purpose for the general welfare of the band, and may take any lands in a reserve required for those purposes, but where an individual Indian, immediately prior to the taking, was entitled to the possession of those lands, compensation for that use shall be paid to the Indian, in such amount as may be agreed between the Indian and the Minister, or, failing agreement, as may be determined in such manner as the Minister may direct.
- R.S., c. I-6, s. 18
Marginal note:Children of band members
18.1 A member of a band who resides on the reserve of the band may reside there with his dependent children or any children of whom the member has custody.
- R.S., 1985, c. 32 (1st Supp.), s. 8
Marginal note:Surveys and subdivisions
19 The Minister may
- (a) authorize surveys of reserves and the preparation of plans and reports with respect thereto;
- (b) divide the whole or any portion of a reserve into lots or other subdivisions; and
- (c) determine the location and direct the construction of roads in a reserve.
- R.S., c. I-6, s. 19
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