First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act

Marginal note:Law of a band

• 9 (1) A law enacted under subsection 4(1) by the governing body of a band is valid only if the power of the governing body to enact the law is exercised in conformity with paragraph 2(3)(b) of the Indian Act and no such law is invalid by reason of any defect in form.

• Marginal note:Expenditures

  (2) The power of the governing body of a band to expend moneys paid by the Government of Canada pursuant to an administration agreement in respect of a law enacted under subsection 4(1) by the governing body is validly exercised only if the power is exercised in conformity with paragraph 2(3)(b) of the Indian Act.

• Marginal note:Publication

  (3) The governing body of a band is to provide, on demand, a copy of any law enacted under subsection 4(1) by that governing body and is to publish a copy of every such law on a website maintained by or for the governing body, if one exists, and in a newspaper that has general circulation in the place where the law applies, but no such law is invalid by reason of a failure to publish it.

• Marginal note:Indian moneys

  (4) Moneys raised pursuant to a tax imposed under a law of a first nation enacted under subsection 4(1) are not Indian moneys within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act.