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    An Act to make provision for the establishment of public roads, for the control and maintenance of public roads and for other purposes incidental thereto.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act concerns the classification, declaration, construction, maintenance and control of public roads and some related matters such as the restriction on the discharge of water and other liquids from private lands onto public roads, the duty of owners of adjoining land in relation with vegetation, restriction on the removal of sand from coastal areas in the vicinity of public roads and the (compulsory) acquisition of land by the Minister and exchange of land for purposes of this Act.

  2. Library Resource

    An Act to declare the application of the rule against perpetuties to future easements.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    For the avoidance of doubt, this Act declares that the rule against perpetuities shall apply to future easements and such easements shall be void. The Act also stipulates that a covenant not to interfere with the exercise of rights which, if directly granted, would constitute an easement declared void under this Act, shall not be enforceable against a purchaser of land affected thereby.

  3. Library Resource

    An Act to remove the presumption of a resulting trust in certain voluntary conveyances.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act stipulates that in a voluntary conveyance or in a conveyance where the consideration is nominal, a resulting trust for the grantor shall not be implied merely by reason of the absence of valuable consideration or of a substantial consideration or of any words expressly rebutting a resulting trust or by reason that the land is not expressed to be conveyed for the use or benefit of the grantee.

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    An Act relating to the avoidance of voluntary conveyances.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act defines the legality of voluntary conveyance of any lands, tenements or hereditaments which are in fact made bona fide and without any fraudulent intent for purposes of a specified piece of United Kingdom legislation. This Act does not apply in any case in which the author of a voluntary conveyance of any lands, tenements or hereditaments has subsequently, but before the passing of this Act, disposed of or dealt with the same lands, tenements or hereditaments to or in favour of a purchaser for value.

  5. Library Resource

    An Act to modify the law relating to the avoidance of future interests in property on grounds of remoteness.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act concerns perpetuity created on property including land by an instrument inter-vivos, the exercise of a special power of appointment or will. The Act prescribes rules for the validity and procedure of the establishment of perpetuity.

  6. Library Resource

    An Act to provide for the ownership in fee simple of units in multi-unit buildings.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act makes provision for real property rights in relation with common property in condominium. This Act shall apply only to property as hereinafter defined which is expressly made subject to the provisions of this Act by a Declaration, i.e. an instrument duly executed under seal by the person or persons having the legal and equitable title in fee simple absolute to the property to which the Declaration relates.

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    An Act to amend the law relating to dispositions made with an intent to defraud.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act aims at the avoidance of fraudulent dispositions including any transaction, gift, grant or transfer of property of any nature whatsoever. Subject to the provisions of this Act, every disposition of property made with an intent to defraud and at an undervalue can be declared null and void at the instance of a creditor thereby prejudiced. The Act sets out rules for legal proceeding following a suspected fraudulent disposition. The burden of establishing an intent to defraud for the purposes of this Act shall be upon the creditor seeking to set aside the disposition.

  8. Library Resource

    An Act to authorise the building of wharves or abutments in the ports and harbours in the Out Islands.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act concerns permission of the Minister to any residents to build a wharf or abutment, from the private land of such person or persons which may abut on to the port or harbour of the district in which the application is made, into such port or harbour. A plan for an abutment or wharf shall be submitted to the Minister. The Minister may order inspections and issue a notice if an abutment or wharf is not in a proper condition or is likely to impede or interfere with the navigation of the port or harbour.

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    An Act to improve the Harbour of Nassau and to afford greater facilities for repairing vessels that have sustained damage and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act concerns the right to construct abutments in the Harbour of Nassau and inspection of the Director of Public Works upon completion of such works. The Act also concerns rights of way in relation with abutments, public abutments, rights of ownership and restrictions on construction.

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    An Act relating to entailed estates.

    Legislation
    Bahamas, Americas, Caribbean

    This Act defines full rights and powers of an actual tenant in tail, whether in possession, remainder, contingency or otherwise, to dispose of for an estate in fee simple, absolute, or for any less estate, the lands of which he or she is tenant in tail. A deed by which any disposition is made by a tenant in tail shall be recorded in the Registry of Records, within six months after the execution thereof.

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