A-33.1 - Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons

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1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  beneficiary, Cree beneficiary, Inuit beneficiary or Naskapi beneficiary, as the case may be, means a person contemplated in Division III or Division V.1;
(b)  Québec Native Appeal Board means the appeal board established by section 21;
(c)  Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of paragraph 3.3.3 of the Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec adopted by order in council number 2932 of 1976, under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(c.1)  Naskapi Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of subsection 3.3.3 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Northeastern Québec Agreement adopted under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1), by order in council number 9 dated 5 January 1979;
(d)  Cree community means a group consisting of all members of a Cree band, within the meaning of the Indian Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5), until the incorporation of such a band as provided for by Section 9 of the Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, in the territory, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Cree beneficiaries under the terms of this Act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(e)  Inuit community means one of the existing Inuit communities of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq, Tasiujaq, Aupaluk, Kangirsuk, Quaqtaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Salluit, Ivujivik, Akulivik, Puvirnituq, Inukjuak, Umiujaq, Kuujjuaraapik, Chisasibi and Killiniq (Port Burwell), and any Inuit community formed after 1 May 2006 and recognized by the Government;
(e.1)  Naskapi community means the group in the territory consisting of all the members of the band, within the meaning of the Indian Act, called the Naskapis de Schefferville, until its incorporation as provided for in section 7 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Naskapi beneficiaries under the terms of this Act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(f)  Agreement or Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67), as well as Complementary Agreement No. 1 tabled in the National Assembly on 18 April 1978 as Sessional Papers, No. 114;
(f.1)  Northeastern Québec Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1);
(g)  Secretary General means the Secretary General contemplated in section 15;
(h)  territory means the territory contemplated in section 2.
For the purposes of subparagraph d of the first paragraph, Cree community also means the group consisting of all members of the Oujé-Bougoumou band constituted as a corporation as provided for in subparagraph 9.0.3A of Section 9 of the Agreement, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Cree beneficiaries under the terms of this Act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group.
1978, c. 97, s. 1; 1979, c. 25, s. 2; 2006, c. 28, s. 1; 2022, c. 1, s. 1.
1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  beneficiary, Cree beneficiary, Inuit beneficiary or Naskapi beneficiary, as the case may be, means a person contemplated in Division III or Division V.1;
(b)  Québec Native Appeal Board means the appeal board established by section 21;
(c)  Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of paragraph 3.3.3 of the Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec adopted by order in council number 2932 of 1976, under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(c.1)  Naskapi Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of subsection 3.3.3 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Northeastern Québec Agreement adopted under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1), by order in council number 9 dated 5 January 1979;
(d)  Cree community means a group consisting of all members of a Cree band, within the meaning of the Indian Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter I-5), until the incorporation of such a band as provided for by Section 9 of the Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, in the territory, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Cree beneficiaries under the terms of this Act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(e)  Inuit community means one of the existing Inuit communities of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq, Tasiujaq, Aupaluk, Kangirsuk, Quaqtaq, Kangiqsujuaq, Salluit, Ivujivik, Akulivik, Puvirnituq, Inukjuak, Umiujaq, Kuujjuaraapik, Chisasibi and Killiniq (Port Burwell), and any Inuit community formed after 1 May 2006 and recognized by the Government;
(e.1)  Naskapi community means the group in the territory consisting of all the members of the band, within the meaning of the Indian Act, called the Naskapis de Schefferville, until its incorporation as provided for in section 7 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Naskapi beneficiaries under the terms of this Act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(f)  Agreement or Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67), as well as Complementary Agreement No. 1 tabled in the National Assembly on 18 April 1978 as Sessional Papers, No. 114;
(f.1)  Northeastern Québec Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1);
(g)  Secretary General means the Secretary General contemplated in section 15;
(h)  territory means the territory contemplated in section 2.
1978, c. 97, s. 1; 1979, c. 25, s. 2; 2006, c. 28, s. 1.
1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  beneficiary, Cree beneficiary, Inuk beneficiary or Naskapi beneficiary, as the case may be, means a person contemplated in Division III;
(b)  Québec Native Appeal Board means the appeal board established by section 21;
(c)  Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of paragraph 3.3.3 of the Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec adopted by order in council number 2932 of 1976, under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(c.1)  Naskapi Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of subsection 3.3.3 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Northeastern Québec Agreement adopted under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1), by order in council number 9 dated 5 January 1979;
(d)  Cree community means a group consisting of all members of a Cree band, within the meaning of the Indian Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter I-5), until the incorporation of such a band as provided for by Section 9 of the Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, in the territory, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Cree beneficiaries under the terms of this Act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(e)  Inuit community means one of the Inuit communities, existing on 15 November 1974, at Fort George, Great Whale River, Inukjuaq (Port Harrison), Povungnituk, Akulivik, Ivujivik, Sugluk, Maricourt (Wakeham Bay), Koartak, Bellin (Payne Bay), Aupaluk, Tasiujaq, Fort-Chimo, Port-Nouveau-Québec and Killinek (Port Burwell), and any Inuit community formed thereafter and recognized by the Government by an order in council published in the Gazette officielle du Québec;
(e.1)  Naskapi community means the group in the territory consisting of all the members of the band, within the meaning of the Indian Act, called the Naskapis de Schefferville, until its incorporation as provided for in section 7 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Naskapi beneficiaries under the terms of this Act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(f)  Agreement or Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67), as well as Complementary Agreement No. 1 tabled in the National Assembly on 18 April 1978 as Sessional Papers, No. 114;
(f.1)  Northeastern Québec Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1);
(g)  Secretary General means the Secretary General contemplated in section 15;
(h)  territory means the territory contemplated in section 2.
1978, c. 97, s. 1; 1979, c. 25, s. 2.
1. In this act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  beneficiary, Cree beneficiary, Inuk beneficiary or Naskapi beneficiary, as the case may be, means a person contemplated in Division III;
(b)  Québec Native Appeal Board means the appeal board established by section 21;
(c)  Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of paragraph 3.3.3 of the Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec adopted by order in council number 2932 of 1976, under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(c.1)  Naskapi Enrollment Commission means the Commission established, by the application of subsection 3.3.3 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Northeastern Québec Agreement adopted under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1), by order in council number 9 dated 5 January 1979;
(d)  Cree community means a group consisting of all members of a Cree band, within the meaning of the Indian Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter I-6), until the incorporation of such a band as provided for by Section 9 of the Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, in the territory, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Cree beneficiaries under the terms of this act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(e)  Inuit community means one of the Inuit communities, existing on 15 November 1974, at Fort George, Great Whale River, Inukjuaq (Port Harrison), Povungnituk, Akulivik, Ivujivik, Sugluk, Maricourt (Wakeham Bay), Koartak, Bellin (Payne Bay), Aupaluk, Tasiujaq, Fort-Chimo, Port-Nouveau-Québec and Killinek (Port Burwell), and any Inuit community formed thereafter and recognized by the Government by an order in council published in the Gazette officielle du Québec;
(e.1)  Naskapi community means the group in the territory consisting of all the members of the band, within the meaning of the Indian Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter I-6), called the Naskapis de Schefferville, until its incorporation as provided for in section 7 of the Northeastern Québec Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Naskapi beneficiaries under the terms of this act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(f)  Agreement or Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67), as well as Complementary Agreement No. 1 tabled in the National Assembly on 18 April 1978 as Sessional Papers, No. 114;
(f.1)  Northeastern Québec Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement (chapter C-67.1);
(g)  Secretary General means the Secretary General contemplated in section 15;
(h)  territory means the territory contemplated in section 2.
1978, c. 97, s. 1; 1979, c. 25, s. 2.
1. In this act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  beneficiary, Cree beneficiary or Inuk beneficiary, as the case may be, means a person contemplated in Division III;
(b)  Québec Native Appeal Board means the appeal board established by section 21;
(c)  Enrollment Commision means the Commision established, by the application of paragraph 3.3.3 of the Agreement, by the Regulation respecting eligibility for the benefits of the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec adopted by order in council number 2932 of 1976, under subsection 6 of section 2 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(d)  Cree community means a group consisting of all members of a Cree band, within the meaning of the Indian Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter I-6), until the incorporation of such a band as provided for by Section 9 of the Agreement and, thereafter, all the members of that corporation, in the territory, as well as all other persons who are entitled to be enrolled as Cree beneficiaries under the terms of this act and who are recognized by the said band as belonging to such group;
(e)  Inuit community means one of the Inuit communities, existing on 15 November 1974, at Fort George, Great Whale River, Inukjuaq (Port Harrison), Povungnituk, Akulivik, Ivujivik, Sugluk, Maricourt (Wakeham Bay), Koartak, Bellin (Payne Bay), Aupaluk, Tasiujaq, Fort-Chimo, Port-Nouveau-Québec and Killinek (Port Burwell), and any Inuit community formed thereafter and recognized by the Gouvernement by an order in council published in the Gazette officielle du Québec;
(f)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter, C-67);
(g)  Secretary General means the Secretary General contemplated in section 15;
(h)  territory means the territory contemplated in section 2.
1978, c. 97, s. 1.