This Act establishes the Administrative Appeal Tribunal. The Tribunal shall hear and determine appeals from decisions of certain tribunals and authorities in accordance with this Act.

This Act regulates the purchase of freeholds in tenantries. A tenantry means a tenantry specified in the First Schedule (a plantation tenantry) and an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. “Tenantry” does not include land adjoining the foreshore.

This Act makes provision in relation to judicial powers and procedures regarding the administration of the estate of a deceased person. It also provides for supervision by the High Court on administration of an estate by an appointed administrator and rights of creditor of the deceased persons in respect of his or the estate administered under this Act.