Naskapi and the Cree-Naskapi Commission Act

Marginal note:Special provision for Indians who are not Naskapi beneficiaries

20.1 A person who, immediately before the coming into force of this Part, was a member of the Indian Act Naskapis de Schefferville band but was not a Naskapi beneficiary

• (a) shall be deemed to be a member of the Naskapi band for the purposes of paragraph 21(f), section 45, subsection 55(1), paragraphs 90(2)(a) and (b), subsections 94(3) and (4) and subsection 103(1);

• (b) shall, if eighteen years of age or over and not declared mentally incompetent under the laws of the Province, be deemed to be an elector of the Naskapi band for the purposes of section 63, subparagraph 66(1)(a)(i), sections 68 and 75 and subsection 97(2), but is not eligible to be elected chief of that band; and

• (c) shall, if eighteen years of age or over and not declared mentally incompetent under the laws of the Province, be deemed to be an elector of the Naskapi band for the purposes of section 81, except where the matter submitted to a vote is a matter referred to in Part VI, VII, VIII or IX.