§ 403c. Identity of lessor; period of lease

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1946

   Pub. L. 79–929 § 2 · 60 Stat. 962

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 403c

   (Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 929, § 2, 60 Stat. 962.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 929, § 2, 60 Stat. 962.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Such leases may be made only by the individual Indian owner of the land or by the authorized representatives of the tribe or group of Indians to whom the land belongs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative. Restricted allotments of deceased Indians, when the heirs or devisees cannot agree on a lease, may be leased for them in the manner 25 U. S. C. § 380. prescribed by the Act of July 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 745, ch. 554). No lease shall be made by or on behalf of any tribe for a longer period than is or may be authorized by the tribal constitution, charter, or ordinances. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to repeal any authority to lease restricted lands which any Indian, Indian tribe, or official of the Department of the Interior would have in the absence of this Act.

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