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Land Titles Registration Act 2008.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
customary law
land registration
surveyors
cadastres
leases
land ownership
This Act provides rules for the registration of title or other interests in land and related matters and provides for the form of transfer of title in land or other interest in land such as mortgages, caveats, leases and easements.There shall continue to be a Registrar of Land who shall be the Chief Executive Officer responsible for the administration of this Act. The Registrar may delegate the Registrar’s powers and functions to the Assistant Registrar of Land.
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Customary Land Advisory Commission Act 2013.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
farmland
customary law
This Act provides for the establishment of Customary Land Advisory Commission. The Commission shall, among other things: (a) recommend to Cabinet suggested measures for the facilitation, encouragement and promotion of the economic use of customary land in Samoa; (b) review all laws affecting customary land in Samoa and make recommendations to Cabinet for changes to such laws where such are necessary for the facilitation, encouragement and promotion of the economic use of customary land.
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Unit Titles Act 2009.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
customary law
land-use planning
land subdivision
land registration
surveyors
cadastres
leases
land ownership
This Act makes provision for the subdivision of land by a registered proprietor of a freehold estate or a leasehold estate in land that is subject to the Land Titles Registration Act 2008. The subdivision of land so as to provide for units shall be effected by approval under the Survey Act 2010 of a plan, which shall be drafted in accordance with this Act. Upon the approval of a unit plan, a common property in the plan vests in the body corporate created on approval of the plan.
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Lands, Surveys and Environment Act 1989.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
protected areas
public ownership
surveyors
coastal areas
fisheries
land management
land law
leases
This Act provides for land administration and other matters relating to land, the protection of the environment and several matters relating to the conservation of wildlife and fisheries resources.The Act consists of General Administration (I); Surveys (II); Purchase and Development of Land (III); Classification and Alienation of Government Land (IV); Leases (V); Renewal of Renewable Leases and Reassessments (VI); Remissions, Revaluations, Forfeitures (VII); Conservation and Environment (VIII); Miscellaneous (IX).
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Land Titles Registration Regulations 2010 (S.R. No. 17 of 2010).

Regulations
Samoa, Oceania
cadastres
customary law
land registration
These Rules of the Head of State, made under section 92(1) of the Land Titles Registration Act 2008, provide for the registration of title or other interests in land and specifically for the service of a Notice by the Registrar under section 5(1)(h) of the Act and attestation of execution of any instrument requiring attestation, which is executed in Samoa. Nothing in these regulations affects ownership of customary land held within the meaning of Article 101(2) of the Constitution or alienates customary land within the meaning of Article 102 of the Constitution.
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Limitation Act 1975.

An Act to consolidate and make provision for the limitation of actions and arbitrations.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
customary law
This Act concerns limitations applying to legal action such as actions of contract and tort; actions to recover land, registered title and rent; actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land; actions in respect of trust property or the personal estate of deceased person; and actions against the government and public authorities, etc. The Act also concerns accrual of right and relative limitations and extension of limitation periods in case of disability, acknowledgment, part payment, fraud and mistake.
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Administration Act 1975.

An Act to consolidate the law relating to the administration of the estates of deceased persons.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
land ownership
This Act makes provision for the administration of estates of deceased persons and the distribution of intestate estates. The estates of deceased persons shall be administered by an administrator appointed by the Supreme Court.
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Public Trust Office Act 1975.

An Act to consolidate and amend the enactments relating to the Public Trustee and the Public Trust Office of Samoa.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
Land & Gender
land inheritance rights
land
public ownership
This Act establishes an office to be called the Public Trust Office and provides for the appointment of the Public Trustee. The Public Trustee shall be responsible for the management of the Public Trust Office. The Public Trustee may be appointed executor, administrator or trustee by trust instrument. The Act also defines the powers and duties of the Public Trustee in respect of land affected by a mortgage or security.
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Property Law Act 1952.

An Act to consolidate and amend certain enactments relating to property.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
leases
cadastres
land registration
land law
This Act contains rules relative to a wide range of matters regarding ownership and other rights in relation with (the use of) property and in particular real property.The rules concern, among other things: (a) deeds in respect of property; (b) registration of details regarding real property by a District Land Registrar; (c) rights of use and disposal of real property; (d) powers and conditions of sale and protection of purchasers and creditors; (e) implied conditions of contract regarding transfer; (f) mortgages and sale of mortgaged land; (g) leases and tenancies and relationship between
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Planning and Urban Management Act 2004.

An Act to establish a Planning and Urban Management Agency and to implement a framework for planning the use, development, management and protection of land in Samoa in the present and long - term interests of all Samoans and for related purposes.

Legislation
Samoa, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
land-use planning
land management
land law
This Act concerns the planning the use, development, management and protection of land in Samoa. One of the declared objectives (sect. 8) of this Act is to provide for the fair, orderly, economic and sustainable use, development and management of land including the protection of natural and man-made resources and the maintenance of ecological processes and genetic diversity. The Planning and Urban Management Agency is established under section 4 and the Planning and Urban Management Board under section 5. The functions of the Board are set out in section 9.