Naskapi and the Cree-Naskapi Commission Act

Marginal note:Voting

• 35 (1) The approval of any matter by a council requires the affirmative votes of the majority of the council members present when the vote is taken, subject to subsection (2) and subsection 38(5).

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), in any vote, where a council member present does not indicate either an affirmative vote or a negative vote or an abstention, he shall be deemed to have voted in the affirmative.

• Marginal note:Where tied vote

  (3) In the event of a tied vote, the chairman may, except where disqualified from voting under section 38, cast a second vote to determine the question.