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An Act for the settlement of certain questions between the Governments of Canada and Ontario respecting Indian Reserve Lands (S.C. 1924, c. 48).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Legislation
Date
1924
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil, Mineral resources, Water
Keyword
Indigenous peoples Land tenure Governance Liability/compensation Vested rights/existing rights Sub-national agreement Contract/agreement Enforcement/compliance Minerals Mining Inland waters Water rights Traditional rights/customary rights
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Act approves the enclosed Memorandum of Agreement of 24 March 1924 between the Government of the Dominion of Canada and the Government of the Province of Ontario. Section 1 establishes that all Indian Reserves in the Province of Ontario shall be administered by the Dominion of Canada for the benefit of the band or bands of Indians. Section 5 lays down provisions dealing with mining claims on behalf of bands of Indians. Section 8 prescribes that no water-power included in any Indian Reserve, which in its natural condition at the average low stage of water has a greater capacity than five hundred horsepower, shall be disposed of by the Dominion of Canada except with the consent of the Government of the Province of Ontario. The text consists of 10 sections d 1 Schedule.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Beds of Navigable Waters Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. B.4).

Legislation | Canada | 1990 (2002)

Keyword: Public land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Indian Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5).

Legislation | Canada | 1985 (2019)

Keyword: Agricultural development, Farming, Property rights, Agricultural land, Indigenous peoples, Governance, Access-to-justice, Aquaculture, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation, Public land, Procedural matters, Ownership, Transfer, Financing, Tax/levy, Transport/storage, Gender, Offences/penalties, Enforcement/compliance, Hunting/capture

Source: FAO, FAOLEX