42. The Minister shall enter in the register contemplated in section 4 the name of any person who furnishes him with sufficient proof that he occupies land forming part of an Indian reserve disappropriated as such and having been the subject of a title granted without right by federal authority.
The Minister shall issue to the person the letters patent relating to the land on the mere payment of any balance due under the title granted by federal authority.
Letters patent issued in accordance with this section have effect in favour of their beneficiary from the date of the title granted by federal authority.