Custom Land Management (Amendment) Act (No. 12 of 2014).
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This Act amends the Custom Land Management Act with respect dispute resolution regarding custom land. It, among other things sets out (procedural) requirements for decisions by a nakamal to determine the custom owners of a land and provides that decisions of the Island Court, Supreme Court, single or joint area Customary Land Tribunal and island Customary Land Tribunal which determine the ownership of custom land and which were made before the commencement of this Act, are deemed to create a recorded interest in land in respect of the person or persons determined by such Court or Customary Land Tribunal to be the custom owners.
Amends: Custom Land Management Act (No.33 of 2013). (2013)
