57. The number of members of the Board, as well as their term of office, is fixed by by-law of the Board.
It is composed of an equal number of representatives elected by the members of each of the Cree communities and of at least three members appointed by the Council. In any case, it shall not be less than eleven nor greater than twenty-eight, and the elected representatives must always be the majority.
The by-law provided for in the first paragraph comes into force only when it is approved at a special general meeting of the members of the Cree Regional Authority called for that purpose. It does not curtail the term of office of a member of the Board in office at the time of its coming into force.