Naskapi and the Cree-Naskapi Commission Act

Marginal note:Representation of minor heirs

• 178 (1) Where a Cree beneficiary or Naskapi beneficiary who is a minor under the laws of the Province and ordinarily resident on Category IA land, in the case of a Cree beneficiary, or on Category IA-N land, in the case of a Naskapi beneficiary, inherits movable or immovable property by virtue of a testamentary or an intestate succession, the parents of that beneficiary are the legal guardians of that property.

• Marginal note:Legal guardians

  (2) Legal guardians by virtue of subsection (1) shall act jointly, except where one of them is deceased or under a legal incapacity or fails for any reason to act within a reasonable time, in which case the other may act alone.