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An Act Relating to the Conversion of the Tenure of Customary Land into Individualized Tenure, and for other purposes.
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
The Act is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (I); Conversion of Tenure (II); Avoidance of Fragmentation and Regulation of Dealings (III); Certain Fees, Etc. (IV); Miscellaneous (V).The Land Titles Commission shall complete an adjudication record and shall enquire whether a Native wishes to apply for registration of any native land included in the record by agreement. Further provisions concern the procedure to be followed for said registration.
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An Act relating to land, to consolidate and amend legislation relating to land, and to repeal various statutes and for related purposes.
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
An Act to regulate the acquisition of land by the State and the alienation or lease of land of the State, to establish a Land Board, to define powers of officers of the State in relation to land, to prescribe offences in relation to land, to regulate the fencing of land and various other matters relating to land.The Act consists of 182 sections which are divided into 28 Parts: Preliminary (I); National title to land (II); Acquisition of land by the State (III); Compensation (IV); Reservation of land (V); Aerodromes (VI); The Land Board (VII); Appeals and reports (VIII); Alienation of Govern
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An Act to: (a) recognise the corporate nature of customary groups; and (b) to allow them to hold, manage and deal with land in their customary names, and for related purposes.
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
The purposes of this Act are: to encourage greater participation by local people in the national economy, to make better use of land, to create greater certainty of title, and to provide for better and more effectual settlement of disputes. The Minister may appoint a Registrar of Incorporated Land Groups under section 3. Part III concerns the recognition of customary corporations by the Registrar. Applications for recognition may be made by "customary groups" under section 5. Section 7 provides for the Register of Incorporated Land Groups.
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Being an Act to unify the law relating to the registration of title to land, and for related purposes.
Papua New Guinea, Oceania
An Act to provide for the registration of titles in land, for the appointment of the Registrar of Titles and Deputy Registrars of Title, and to set out certain requirements for the transfer of land, the creation of a lease, mortgage and other rights in land.The Act consists of 193 sections divided into 19 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Registration generally (III); State leases (IV); Transfer of land (V); Leases (VI); Mortgages and charges (VII); Caveats (VIII); Easements and similar interests (IX); Implied covenants and powers (X); Trusts (XI); Transmissions (XII); Powers of
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An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to trustees in England and Wales.
Law of the United Kingdom in part applying to the administration of land by trustees in the Solomon Islands, appointment of trustees, the right to sell, transfer, lease, etc. land , vesting of land in trustees, etc. Courts are authorized to order dealings with trust property.
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An Act to make provision relating to wills, probate and administration of estates of deceased persons and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Act regulates inheritance and granting of administration of estates of deceased persons and contains rules regarding administration of such estates. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to or in relation to customary land. 'Estate' in relation to land belonging to the estate of a deceased person, has the meaning assigned to the expression "estate" in section 2 of the Land and Titles Act and includes any freehold or leasehold interest in land within the meaning of section 9 of the Land and Titles Act
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An Act to provide for defining land boundaries.
This Act allows the Minister to decide that the boundary of land or of any portion thereof should be more clearly defined or ascertained. For that purpose, the Minister may serve notice on the owner or occupier of any such land requiring him within the period specified in such notice, to clear, define, or otherwise ascertain the boundary of the land to the satisfaction of an official surveyor. A person who fails to comply with the terms of any notice shall be guilty of an offence.
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An Act to provide for the fencing of land.
This Act allows the Minister to serve notice on the owner or occupier of any such land to erect fences in accordance with the terms and specifications prescribed in the said notice. The Minister may serve also serve notices requiring maintenance of fences and gates in a good and sufficient state of repair. Any person who fails to comply with the terms of or prevents or obstructs the execution of the terms of any notice issued and duly served under this Act shall be guilty of an offence.
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An Act to regulate the carrying out of works on the foreshore.
This Act concerns the protection and development of the foreshore, e.g. the land below mean high water mark and the bed of the sea within the territorial waters of Vanuatu (including the ports and harbours thereof) and including land below mean high water mark in any lagoon having direct access to the open sea. No person shall undertake or cause or permit to be undertaken any development on the foreshore of the coast of any island in Vanuatu without having first obtained the written consent to such development of the Minister responsible for town and country planning.
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An Act to provide for dealings between owners of land and alienators and matters incidental thereto.
This Act makes provision for the registration of alienators having the right to negotiate negotiation of alienation of land of custom owners and the registration of mortgages on alienated land. Furthermore the Act provides for various matters relative to negotiation of land and consequences of alienation. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Land Reform Act, Cap. 123, the Minister shall cause a register of alienators to be kept (sect. 2) and if the Minister is satisfied that an applicant under section 3 is an alienator he shall register him as such in the Register.
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