Statutes | Colville Tribal Law and Order Code Title 3 Chapter 3-5 ยง 3-5-2 | 2019
(a) "Business Council" means the Colville Business Council, the governing body of the Colville Indian Reservation.
(b) "Criminal Act" means an act committed or attempted within tribal jurisdiction which is punishable as a felony, gross misdemeanor under the laws of Federal Government, state or tribe. Provided, that the operation of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, train, boat or aircraft in violation of law does not constitute a criminal act unless the injury, damage or death was intentionally inflicted or the operation thereof was part of the commission of another criminal act as defined in this section, Provided further:
(1) That neither an acquittal in a criminal prosecution nor the absence of any such prosecution is admissible in any claim or proceeding under this Chapter as evidence of the noncriminal character of the acts giving rise to such claim or proceeding
(2) That evidence of a criminal conviction arising from acts which are the basis for a claim or proceeding under this Chapter is admissible in such claim or proceeding for the limited purpose of providing the criminal character of the acts and
(3) That acts which, but for the insanity or mental irresponsibility of the perpetrator, would constitute criminal conduct are deemed to be criminal conduct within the meaning of this Chapter.
(c) "Chapter" means the Crime Victim Compensation Chapter.
(c) "Reservation" means any land within the exterior boundaries of the Colville Indian Reservation and any lands outside of the exterior boundaries where tribal jurisdiction exits.
(e) "Tribal Court" means the Colville Tribal Court created by the subchapter on Establishment of Court under Chapter 1-1 of the Law and Order Code.
(f) "Tribal Prosecuting Attorney" means the attorney appointed by the Business Council to represent the Tribes in civil and criminal proceedings before the Tribal Court.
(g) "Tribes" mean the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation.
(h) "Victim" means a person who suffers bodily injury, property damage or death as a proximate result of a criminal act of another person, the victims own good faith and reasonable effort to prevent a criminal act, or his good faith effort to apprehend a person reasonably suspected of engaging in a criminal act. Victim shall also include his parent, guardian, dependent, heir or beneficiary.