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Bill C-402

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1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-402

An Act to amend the Indian Act (obligations of landlords and tenants on reserve land)

R.S., c. I-5; R.S., cc. 27, 32 (1st Supp.), c. 27 (2nd Supp.), cc. 17, 43, 48 (4th Supp.); 1990, cc. 16, 17; 1992, cc. 1, 51; 1993, c. 28; 1996, c. 23

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The Indian Act is amended by adding the following after section 88:

Residential leases

88.1 Notwithstanding this Act, provincial laws relating to the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants apply to a lease for residential purposes of land or a dwelling unit on land in a reserve that is granted

    (a) by an Indian or any other person acting as sub-lessor under a lease from the Minister under subsection 58(3); or

    (b) by the Minister acting as lessor under subsection 58(3).