Bill C-20

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C-20

First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament,

53 Elizabeth II, 2004

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-20

An Act to provide for real property taxation powers of first nations, to create a First Nations Tax Commission, First Nations Financial Management Board, First Nations Finance Authority and First Nations Statistical Institute and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

AS PASSED

BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
DECEMBER 10, 2004

Table of Contents

Table of Provisions

ABORIGINAL RIGHTS

FIRST NATIONS FISCAL POWERS

FIRST NATIONS TAX COMMISSION

Establishment and Organization of Commission

Functions and Powers

Standards and Procedures

FIRST NATIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BOARD

Establishment and Organization of Board

Functions and Powers

Standards and Procedures

FIRST NATIONS FINANCE AUTHORITY

Establishment and Organization of Authority

Functions and Powers

FIRST NATIONS STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Establishment and Organization of Institute

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, COORDINATING AMENDMENTS AND COMING INTO FORCE

Transitional Provisions

Consequential Amendments

Access to Information Act

Financial Administration Act

Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act

Coordinating Amendments

Coming into Force