206 Sovereign Immunity

(A) The Upper Mattaponi Tribe is a sovereign Indian Nation that is immune from suit. Nothing in this Act waives or impairs the Tribe's immunity from suit. As an instrumentality of the Tribe, Departments also enjoy immunity from suit except as expressly provided by Upper Mattaponi Law.

(B) Departments shall not have the authority to waive or otherwise impair the sovereign immunity of the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. The sovereign immunity of the Upper Mattaponi Tribe may only be waived, or otherwise impaired, pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII of the Constitution of the Upper Mattaponi Tribe.