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First Nations Fiscal Management Act

Version of section 9 from 2023-06-20 to 2024-08-18:


Marginal note:Financial administration laws

  •  (1) The council of a First Nation may make laws

    • (a) respecting the financial administration of the First Nation; and

    • (b) delegating to any person or body its powers to make laws under paragraph (a).

  • Marginal note:Approval required

    (2) A law made under subsection (1), including any amendment of such a law, does not have any force or effect until it is approved by the First Nations Financial Management Board.

  • Marginal note:Conditions for approval

    (2.1) The First Nations Financial Management Board shall not approve a law made under subsection (1) unless it was made in accordance with this Act, the regulations and, in all material respects, any standards established under paragraph 55(1)(a).

  • Marginal note:Coming into force

    (3) A law made under subsection (1) comes into force on the later of

    • (a) the day of coming into force set out in the law, and

    • (b) the day after it is approved by the First Nations Financial Management Board.

    • (c) [Repealed, 2015, c. 36, s. 181]

  • Marginal note:Evidence law duly made

    (4) A law made under subsection (1) that is submitted to the First Nations Financial Management Board for approval shall be accompanied by evidence that it was duly made by the council.

  • Marginal note:Additional information on request

    (5) At the request of the First Nations Financial Management Board, a First Nation shall provide any documents that the Board requires in order to

    • (a) review a financial administration law submitted to the Board;

    • (b) determine that the law was made in accordance with this Act, the regulations or any standards made under subsection 55(1); or

    • (c) perform any of its other functions under this Act.

  • Marginal note:Judicial notice

    (6) In any proceedings, judicial notice may be taken of a law that is made under subsection (1) and approved by the First Nations Financial Management Board under subsection (2).

  • 2005, c. 9, s. 9
  • 2015, c. 36, s. 181
  • 2018, c. 27, s. 414(E)
  • 2023, c. 16, s. 7

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