Naskapi and the Cree-Naskapi Commission Act

Marginal note:Band approval for transfer of land originally granted for residential purposes

• 137 (1) Where a right or interest in land was originally granted by a band for residential purposes under paragraph 132(1)(a), a subsequent transfer of that right or interest on any part thereof is of no effect unless authorized by the band, either in the original grant or subsequently.

• Marginal note:Approval of electors for transfer of land originally granted for non-residential purpose

  (2) Where a right or interest in land was originally granted by a band for non-residential purposes under paragraph 132(1)(a), a subsequent transfer of that right or interest or any part thereof is of no effect unless authorized by the band, either in the original grant or subsequently, with the approval of the electors of the band at a special band meeting or referendum at which the same percentage of electors voted on the matter as would be required if the right or interest being transferred were being granted by the band under paragraph 132(1)(a).

• Marginal note:Approval for deemed transfer of corporation’s right or interest

  (3) Where a transfer of a right or interest of a corporation in Category IA or IA-N land of a band is deemed to have occurred by virtue of subsection 130(2) as a result of a change in the effective voting control of the corporation and that change in the effective voting control had not been previously authorized by the band pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, that right or interest of the corporation reverts to the band as of the date of the change in effective voting control of the corporation.