Part II - Enacted First Nations Legislation

Decision Information

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1 / + > *Q KWAWKEWLTH INDIAN AGENCY KWAWKEWLTH BAND BYLAWS The Council of the Kwawkewlth Band of Indians at a meeting held May l6, 1955 makes the following bylaws pursuant to paragraph (l) and (r) of section 8o of the Indian Act. Bylaw No. 1 A bylaw to provide for the regulation of the use of public wells, cisterns, reservoirs and other water supplies. (a) No person shall wilfully or maliciously pollute any public well, cistern, reservoir or other water supply within the Kwawkewlth Indian Reserve, in the Province of British Columbia* (b) No person shall destroy or injure any public well, cistern, reservoir or other water supply within the reserve. (c) The holder of a certificate of possession or occupant of land within the reserve shall keep any well thereon properly enclosed or covered. (d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this bylaw shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven days, or both fine and imprisonment.
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