What is the intended meaning of section 11 and 12 of the Indian Registration Act?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from McIvor v. The Registrar, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2007 BCSC 827 (CanLII):
The intention of the legislature with respect to the registration provisions was addressed in Martin v. Chapman, 1983 CanLII 123 (SCC), [1983] 1 S.C.R. 365, a decision dealing with the eligibility for registration of the illegitimate child of an Indian father. Madam Justice Wilson, writing for the majority, described this intent as follows at 370: It seems to me that the one thing which clearly emerges from ss. 11 and 12 of the Act is that Indian status depends on proof of descent through the Indian male line.
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