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Marginal note:Management of revenue moneys by band

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• Marginal note:Regulations

  (2) The Governor in Council may make regulations to give effect to subsection (1) and may declare therein the extent to which this Act and the Financial Administration Act shall not apply to a band to which an order made under subsection (1) applies.

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Marginal note:Payments to Indians

63 Notwithstanding the Financial Administration Act, where moneys to which an Indian is entitled are paid to a superintendent under any lease or agreement made under this Act, the superintendent may pay the moneys to the Indian.

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Marginal note:Minister may declare will void

• 46 (1) The Minister may declare the will of an Indian to be void in whole or in part if he is satisfied that

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  • (d) the will purports to dispose of land in a reserve in a manner contrary to the interest of the band or contrary to this Act;

  • (e) the terms of the will are so vague, uncertain or capricious that proper administration and equitable distribution of the estate of the deceased would be difficult or impossible to carry out in accordance with this Act; or

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Marginal note:Indians may make wills

• 45 (1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent or prohibit an Indian from devising or bequeathing his property by will.

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• Marginal note:Probate

  (3) No will executed by an Indian is of any legal force or effect as a disposition of property until the Minister has approved the will or a court has granted probate thereof pursuant to this Act.

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Marginal note:Possession of lands in a reserve

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• Marginal note:Location tickets issued under previous legislation

  (3) For the purposes of this Act, any person who, on September 4, 1951, held a valid and subsisting Location Ticket issued under The Indian Act, 1880, or any statute relating to the same subject-matter, shall be deemed to be lawfully in possession of the land to which the location ticket relates and to hold a Certificate of Possession with respect thereto.

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