An Act to provide for the closer settlement of farmland, for the acquisition of farmland that is, or, when subdivided and developed, will be, capable of substantially increased production, to prevent the undue aggregation of farmland, and to require that, for a period of 3 years from the passing…

The Proviso to Section 5 of the Native Lands (Amendment) Ordinance 1977 is hereby repealed. All appeals in land causes and matters pending before the Lands Court Appeal Panel as at the date of commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be and treated as pending in the High Court, and shall be…

This Act provides that when any land accretes after the date of commencement of the lease or sub-lease, such accreted land shall be, included in the lease or sub-lease. The lessor and lessee in the lease or sub-lease as the case may be, may at any time in writing signed by both of them exclude…

This Ordinance provides for the compulsory acquisition or acquisition by agreement of neglected land and the subsequent sale of such land to natives. “Neglected land” means land suitable for agricultural use which is not being fully and efficiently utilized for agricultural purposes. The owner…

This Act declares customary law pursuant to Article X, Section 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in respect of right, title and interest in and to Bikini Atoll in the Ralik Chain. As a result of the circumstances attributed to the long time span of the legacy and…

This Act, consisting of 13 Parts and eight Schedules, is a piece of basic legislation on land law covering all aspects of the registration and transfer of title to land. Land is defined as including "messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, of every kind and…

The aim of this Act, consisting of 6 Parts and 3 Schedules, is to consolidate and amend the law relating to the administration of the lands comprised in Maori reserves, West Coast settlement reserves, and Maori townships, and to make provision in respect of certain other lands administered by…

Objects of this Act are inter alia: (a) to encourage agricultural landowners and their tenants and sharefarmers to make suitable and adequate provision to protect properties from deterioration; (b) to permit and encourage the parties to make their own agreements regarding compensation for stored…

The Act declares customary law with respect to specified domains in the Ralik Chain, and provides that there shall be four separate domains and titles and regulates representation of the domains in local councils and the national conventions.

An Act relating to the administration of estates of deceased persons. "Administration" means probate of the will of a deceased person, and includes letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person, granted with or without a will annexed, for general, special, or limited…

This New Zealand Act is in part applying to the administration of land by trustees, 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.

This Act constitutes a Commission to investigate and determine titles to certain lands. Any person desiring to make a claim to the Commission to individual ownership of or property in any land in Western Samoa other than land undoubtedly held by him as individual property for an estate in fee…