2. The board of the Indian Act Sechelt Band referred to in paragraph 1 shall remain in office as a board until a new board has been elected in accordance with the statutes of the group. Marginal note:Existing council of the Indian Sechelt Band Act (3) All rights and interests of the Indian Sechelt Band Act in respect of the countries referred to in subsection (1) cease to exist upon the entry into force of this section. (2) An affiliation code, established by the articles of the group, respects the membership fees to the Indian Sechelt Band Act acquired immediately before the adoption of that code under the Indian Act. 33 The Minister may, with the agreement of the Governor of the Council, enter into an agreement with the band under which the Government of Canada makes the band available to the group in a poor manner in the form of subsidies during such a period. and subject to the conditions set out in the agreement. Indian Act Sechelt Band ceases to exist According to Indian law, the SIB did not own the country that inhabited it and members were informed by the federal government how the group could operate. The law also defined who could and could not be considered a member of the SIB. 44 (1) The Council of the Indian Act Sechelt Band, which is in office under the Indian Act immediately before Division 5 comes into force, shall be deemed to be a councillor and elected in accordance with the Constitution of the group. 23 (1) Ownership of all land that, immediately before this Division came into force, was a reservation within the meaning of the Indian Act of the Indian Sechelt Band Act, is simply transferred to the group for consideration at the rights, interests and conditions set out in division 24. 32 (1) The funds held by Her Majesty in the law of Canada for the use and benefit of the Indian Sechelt Act are transferred to the group.

The agreement stipulates that the district is a legal person and has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person and may, without limiting the universality of the foregoing, enter into contracts or agreements; acquire and hold property or interests and sell or dispose of such property or interest; spend money or invest; borrow money; take legal action or be prosecuted; and do other things that promote the exercise of their rights, powers and privileges. (a) the enactment of legislation essentially defined by this Act to enable sechelt Band to exercise autonomy over its country and 42 The statutes of the Indian Sechelt Band Act, which are in force immediately before the entry into force of this Act, shall remain in force in the sechelt countries which were at that time, reserves the right, within the meaning of the Indian Act, the Sechelt Group and in respect of the members of the Group; to the extent that the statutes are compatible with this Act, the statutes of the group or a law of the group. AND CONSIDERING that the members of the Indian Sechelt Band Act held a referendum on March 15, 1986, Parliament and the Government of Canada agreed to a commitment to allow Indian groups wishing to exercise autonomy over the lands intended for those groups; (2) The support of a majority of electors of the Indian Sechelt Band Act or the Sechelt Indian Band shall be determined for the purposes of this Division by a referendum in accordance with the rules of the Indian Referendum. (3) All the provisions of the Indian Act respecting the selection of band councils and the qualification of persons to hold office as chief or councillor apply to the Council of the Indian Act Sechelt Band until a new council is elected in accordance with the constitution of the group. . . .