SUBSEQUENT ADHERENCE AND RATIFICATION OF BAND SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS. 10.01 RATIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: (a) The parties agree that to give effect to any payment by Canada of Entitlement Monies pursuant to this Agreement, a Band Specific Agreement must first be ratified in accordance with the provisions of this Article, be executed by the Chief and a majority of the Councillors of the Entitlement Band (on behalf of such Entitlement Band and all Members of the Entitlement Band), and be delivered by the Entitlement Band to Canada for execution by Canada. Execution of such Band Specific Agreement by Canada shall, unless otherwise agreed in writing, occur within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof by Canada. Provided, however, no payment of Entitlement Monies by Canada shall be made unless: (i) Canada has received a Band Council Resolution and an executed copy of this Agreement on the Execution Date or, thereafter, as contemplated in section 10.02; and (ii) a duly executed Band Specific Agreement has been delivered as aforesaid, following the acceptance and ratification thereof of such Band Specific Agreement and the Trust Agreement as evidenced by an affirmative vote of the majority of those voters eligible to vote, with such ratification vote to be conducted, subject only to section 10.07, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Ratification Vote Guidelines and Procedures; and (iii) there has been delivery to Canada of an original copy of the Trust Agreement duly executed by the Entitlement Band, the Trustees and the Institution. (b) Canada agrees to provide Saskatchewan with a copy of the documentation referred to in subsection (a) which has been executed and delivered to Canada.
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Sources: Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement, Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement