Re Froman, 1973 CanLII 657 (ON SC)

Counsel for the Children's Aid Society submitted that the Indian Act deprives an illegitimate child of a female Indian band member of his registration right and does not effect a similar result with respect to the illegitimate child of a male Indian band member. He argues that as a result suchillegitimate child of a female does not have equality before the law and that the sections of the Indian Act which effect this result are inoperative under the provisions of the Canadian Bill of Rights.

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