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An Act to make provision for the protection of the coast against erosion and encroachment by the sea and for purposes connected therewith.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act grants the power to the Minister responsible for ports and harbours to carry out construction of coast protection works as he/she deems urgently necessary and to apportion costs of such works on the owners of any land who benefit from such works. The owners will contribute in the degree that they benefit from the work. Various rules are provided for the apportionment of costs and the payment of compensation.
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An Act to make provide for the administration of a deceased person’ s property, and to provide for related matters.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act provides for administration of land and other property of deceased persons. The Act consists of 37 sections divided into 5 Parts: Preliminary (I); Devolution of Real Estate (II); Executors and Administrators (III); Administration of Assets (IV); General (V).Real estate to which a deceased person was entitled for an interest not ceasing on his death, shall, on his death and notwithstanding any testamentary disposition thereof, devolve on the personal representative of the deceased.
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An Act to make fresh provision for the law of wills; and for connected purposes.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
An Act to provide for deeds of inheritance of property including real estates. The Act consists of 45 sections divide into 6 Parts: Preliminary (I); Wills; rectification and interpretation of wills (II); Wills executed outside the Bahamas (III); Members of defence force (IV); Mariners and seamen (V); General (VI).
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An Act to repeal the Immovable Property (Acquisition by Foreign Persons) Act, Chapter 125 and to facilitate the holding of land by non-bahamians and by companies under their control.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act provides rules relative to the holding of title and other rights in land by persons other than a permanent resident or other than persons acquiring land or an interest in land under a devise or by inheritance (“Non-Bahamian”) and makes provision for control by the State on the holding of title in land in the Bahamas by foreigners. Acquisition of land, other than by non-Bahamians, shall be registered with the Secretary of the Investments Board, which is established under this Act.
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An Act for enabling bodies corporate to hold property in joint tenancy.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act provides rules relative to the holding of any real or personal property in joint tenancy by companies. A body corporate shall be capable of acquiring and holding any real or personal property in joint tenancy in the same manner as if it were an individual provided that the acquisition and holding of property by a body corporate in joint tenancy shall be subject to the like conditions and restrictions as attach to the acquisition and holding of property by a body corporate in severalty.
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An Act to provide for the more beneficial use of lands held in common.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act makes provision for the registration of commoners, i.e. persons that hold a right in non-partitioned land together with at least other twenty people and other aspects of organization of commoners and protection of their rights.A register of commoners shall be formed and kept in each town or settlement in which any land is held in common. Commoners shall meet in accordance with this Act and may make rules for specified purposes regarding the use of the common land, the supply of fresh water and the protection of produce.
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An Act to facilitate the acquisition of land for public purposes.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act sets out criteria, conditions and procedures for compulsory acquisition of land by the Government and regulates related matters such as compensation, appeal from a magistrate’s award on compulsory purchase and effects of the acquisition on existing leaseholds and land other than the land under compulsory acquisition.The procedures of acquisition foresee, among other things, a notification by the Minister in the Gazette, a preliminary investigation by persons authorized by the Minister, a declaration that land is required for public purposes, the possibility of appeal with the Supre
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An Act to make provision for the conservation and protection of the physical landscape of The Bahamas.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act provides rules relative to the carrying out of excavations, quarrying of mines and landfill operations and the control of such activities affecting the soil and landscape. The Act also provides for the protection of trees in certain circumstances.The Minister is charged with the responsibility of regulating excavation, landfill operations, quarrying, mining and harvesting of protected trees in The Bahamas, for the purpose of providing for and ensuring the conservation and maintenance of the environment.
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An Act to confer upon the Minister responsible for Agriculture a corporate status with the power to hold and dispose of agricultural land.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act prescribes that the Ministry of Agriculture shall be considered to act as a corporation in dealings and legal proceedings regarding agricultural land. Sale and long-term lease of agricultural land are excluded from provisions of this Act. The Act also requires the Minister to report to parliament on dealings involving agricultural land.
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An Act to provide for the registration of land surveyors; the regulation and control of land surveys; and for related purposes.
Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean
This Act makes provision for the registration and the licensing of land surveyors and the control of their practice and establishes for these purposes the Land Surveyor’s Board and the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors and creates the office of the Surveyor-General.The Surveyor-General shall direct and control all surveys carried out for public purposes and carry out control on all other land surveys. The Board shall advise the Minister on matters regarding land surveys, maintain the Register of Land Surveyors and license land surveyors.
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