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INDIAN ACT


(RSC 1985 c I-5)

    Note - The Revised States 1985 came into force on December 12, 1988. Only sections pertaining to Prisons and Reformatories are reproduced.

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An Act respecting Indians


SHORT TITLE
 
1. Short title - This Act may be cited as the Indian Act.
R.S., c. I-6, s. 1.
 
                 
 
MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS
 
                 
 
68. Maintenance of dependants - Where the Minister is satisfied that an Indian
 (a) has deserted his spouse or common-law partner or family without sufficient cause,
 (b) has conducted himself in such a manner as to justify the refusal of his spouse or common-law partner or family to live with him, or
 (c) has been separated by imprisonment from his spouse or common-law partner and family,
the Minister may order that payments of any annuity or interest money to which that Indian is entitled shall be applied to the support of the spouse or common-law partner or family or both the spouse or common-law partner and family of that Indian.
R.S., 1985, c. I-5, s. 68; R.S., 1985, c. 32 (1st Supp.), s. 13; 2000, c. 12, s. 152.
 
                 
 
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