Part II - Enacted First Nations Legislation

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i THS ISEUT BAND OF INDIANS C: By-Law 1-71}. Being a "by-law to provide for the regulations of traffic. WHEBEàS Paragraphs (b) and (r) of section 8l of the Indian Act empower the council of a band to make by-laws respecting the regulation of traffic and the imposition of a penalty for the violation thereof; AND WHEREAS it is deemed to be expedient to limit the speed of vehicles on public roads for the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Iskut Reserve; NOW THSR2SOBS the Council of the Iskut Band of Indians enacts as a by-law thereof the following: 1. In this by-law, (a) 00122011" means the Council, as defined in the Indian Act, of the Iskut Band of Indians; (b) "reserve" means the tract of land set apart by Her Majesty within ' the definition on the Indian Act, for the use and benefit of the Iskut Band of Indians known as the Kluaehon Lake I.S. #1 (e) "road" includes any road, bridge, driveway, street, land, square, highway, avenue, parkway, viaduct, trestle, thorough-fare or other place set aside for, used, or open to the public for the passage of vehicles within the reserve; and (d) "sign" or "traffic signs means a sign, warning, marking or other device for the guidance or direction of persons using the roads. 2. The design, dimension and the erection of traffic signs shall meet the requirements indicated in the "Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada”, 2nd edition, 1966, as amended, and as prepared by the Council on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada and Canadian Good Roads Association. 3. (1) The Council, shall by resolution, authorise the placing of all traffic signs and the resolution shall specify the location of the sign. (2) The Band Manager shall place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, the signs authorised by the Council and shall remove or cause to be removed, signs which axe not authorized by the Council,
The Iskat Band of Indians - By-law 1-7U No person shall interfere with or attempt to interfere with the placement or maintenance of any authorised traffic sign. 5. No person shall remove, deface, obliterate, alter or attempt to remove, deface, obliterate, or alter or in any manner interfere with any sign lawfully placed on a road. 6. No person shall operate a vehicle on a road at a rate of speed in excess of twenty miles per hour and a sign to this effect shall be posted on all roads entering the reserve, 7. No person shall operate a vehicle on any of the bridges or portions of bridges at a rate of speed in excess of fifteen mile3 per hour after a sign indicating such speed limit has been erected at each end of such bridges. 8. No person shall operate a snow mobile on the reserve for pleasure purposes after the hour of $t00 p.m. 9» 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 not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days, or both fine and imprisonment. Approved and passed at a duly convened meeting of the Council of the Iskat Band of Indians this 17 day of December 1971* L. Louie Chief Councillor Arthur Nole E. Quock Councillor Councillor I, ....... .7*1.. ,Y^r.. ............ . Chief of the Iskat Band of Indians, so hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing by-law was forwarded to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development pursuant to section 82, ss (l) of the Indian Act this 17 day of December 197U» Terry Witt L, Louie Witness Chief Councillor
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