Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 47 - Land and Land Titles
59b - Organization and Rules of Practice of the Indian Affairs Council, Membership in Connecticut Indian Tribes, and Eligibility to Reside on Indian Reservations
Article III - MEMBERSHIP IN TRIBES
Section 47-59b-25 - Certification hearing; procedure

At the hearing, both the applicant and the tribe whose decision is protested may be represented by counsel employed at their own expense. The Chairman of the Council shall preside at the hearing unless the Chairman is a member of the tribe whose decision is protested, in which case the Vice-Chairman shall preside. Members of the Council may ask questions of the parties and may examine all evidence. A member of the tribe whose decision is challenged may examine the parties and the evidence, but shall disqualify himself from voting.