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3 O (fr-'lfr b Ck,(xx| CANADA Province of Quebec TO WIT If MAE C. DECONTIE, residing at Nepean, Ontario make oath and swear that the paperwriting to which this affidavit is attached is a true copy of a document produced and shown to me and purporting to be the original by-law pursuant to the Indian Act and signed by the Chief and Council of the Lac La Hache Band of Indians and dated O t c he t ob s e a r id 21 o , r ig 1 i 9 n 85 a l th d e o cu s m a e i n d t . copy having been compared by me with Sworn to before me at the city of Hull in the Judicial District of Hull this 20th day of May, 1986 Stephen A.Roberts Commissioner of the Taking of Oaths Pursuant to Section 108(a) of the Indian Act
BY-LAW NO. 3.85 Being a. By-Law to establish regulations for the control of intoxicants for the . . Lac .La. .Hache Band of Indians. WHEREAS Sections 85.1 (a) of the Indian Act (Revised June 28, 1985) empowers the Council of a Band to make By-Laws respecting the sale, barter, supply or manufacture of Intoxicants on the Reserve and the imposition of a penalty for the violation thereof. WHEREAS the Council feels the use of intoxicants on the reserve creates seyere problems such as community disruption, accidents, injury or death to persons on the reserve. WHEREAS regulations for the control and use of intoxicants on the reserve is necessary to ensure the safety, well being and health of persons on the reserve. NOW THEREFORE the Council of the .Lac_ JLa Hache_ Band of Indians enacts as a By-Law the following: In this By-Law 1. (a) Council means the Council of the .^ap_ La Hache Band of Indians defined in the Band Custom. (b3 Reserve means the tract of land, the legal title of which Is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of the .............. Band of Indians known as Lac La Hache no. 220 ( O Person means anyone who may be within the boundaries of the Indian Reserve as outlined in 1(b) above. A person may be: (13 a member of the of the ^ac La Hache Band of Indians (23 anyone on to the Reserve who may be a member of another band of Indians (33 anyone on the Reserve who is non-status. No person shall be intoxicated on the reserve.
9 3. No person shall have intoxicants in his possession on the reserve. 4. Exceptions to this By-Law shall be medication containing intoxicants which has been prescribed for medicinal purposes by a qualified Doctor. 5. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this By-Law shall be guilty of an offense and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine or imprisonment or both fine and imprisonment as provided in Section 85.4 (a) of the Revised Indian Act (Rev. 28/06/85) as follows: A fine of not more than one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or to both. Approved and passed at a duly convened meeting of the Council of the .Lac. La .Bache . . Band of Indians this .2 1st day of .Oct.o.ber. .. . , 19.85.. I, . . Kailther Chief /Councillor of the Lac La. Hache. . . Band of Indians, do hereby certify that a true copy of the foregoing By-Law was forwarded to the Minister of Indian & Northern Affairs Canada pursuant to Section 82(1) of the Indian Act this 2]$t. day of ..October...., 19.85.. Witness Chief/Councillor
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