Part II - Enacted First Nations Legislation

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I Tel: (604) 326-4212 Sinpo/a>” KINCOLITH, B.C. VOV 1B0 1988 THE KINCOLITH BAND OF INDIANS BY-LAW NUMBER 1 Being a BY-LAW for Garbage Disposal. The Council of the Kincolith Band of Indians at a meeting held at Kincolith B.C. on the Seventh day of April 1988 makes the following by-law pursuant to paragraph (a) and (r)of Section 80 of the Indian Act: A by-law to provide for the disposal of garbage and waste on the Kincolith Indian Reserve, in the Province of British Columbia. (a) No person shall accumulate or permit to be accumulated upon lands in his/her possession or deposit or accumulate on lands in possession of another person, anything which is or may become offensive or injurious to health. (b) No person shall deposit any dead animal, offal (waste from animal carcass), fish, manure, garbage, fruits, vegetables, night-soil, filth, liquid waste, or anything of nature which is or may become offensive or prejudicial to health upon or into any highway, street, road, alley, lane, lot, ditch, wharf, dock, lake, pond, river, stream, well, or sewér, or into any land or premises within the reserve and any such deposit shall be deemed a nuisance, provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the deposit and proper disposal of any such material into or at a place within the reserve which is the' garbage dump, or low water mark, approved by the Council for that purpose. (c) The Council has arranged for the regular removal of garbage and waste from any premises within the reserve. (d) The Council of the Kincolith Band agrees that in the Spring of each year as soon as the melting of snow permits the person in possession of any premises within the reserve shall collect all waste matter lying thereon, including tin cans, bottles, paper, animal manure ar " garbage.
(e) All such waste matter shall be disposed of at the garbage dump which will prevent any nuisance, or if any person was to foul-up our village well or reservior, then they would be penalized for their actions. (f) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this by-law shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine no less than $100.00, not exceeding $250.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven days or both fine and imprisonment. Approved and Passed on the seventh day of April, 1988 IEF COUNCILLOR. COUNCILOR COUNCILLOR COUNCILLOR
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