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PacLII stands for the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. It is an initiative of the University of the South Pacific School of Law with assistance from AustLII. PacLII is a signatory to the Montreal Declaration on Public Access to Law and participates in the Free Access to Law movement, (FALM) a grouping of a number of world wide organizations committed to publishing and providing access to the law for free. PacLII is based at the Emalus Campus of the USP in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
USP School of Law is based in Port Vila and has students located across 12 countries of the Pacific who do not have easy access to the legal materials from across the region which they need to undertake their studies. PacLII was started by the School of Law as a means to overcoming the tyrannies of distance. It has grown to become a service to governments, legal professionals, NGOs, students, academics and members of the public and has been widely recognized as an example of excellence in promoting access to legal information.
PacLII collects and publishes legal materials from 20 Pacific Islands Countries on its website www.paclii.org which is hosted by AustLII. These countries are American Samoa, Cook Islands, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
The materials consist mainly of primary materials such as court decisions and legislation but also include decisions of various tribunals, panels, Ombudsmens reports or secondary information such as court rules or bench books. PacLII is now seeking to expand its collections to include law related materials such as subject specific papers and reports. PacLII is also developing a series of subject specific libraries utilising predetermined search technology. An Intellectual Property and a Maritime Law Library have been created and more are planned. A number of Pacific Islands Treaties are also available but direct access to the database has been suspended due to a current lack of capacity.
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Displaying 166 - 170 of 298Property Act 1952.
This Act contains rules relative to a wide range of matters regarding ownership and other rights in relation with (the use of) property and in particular real property.The rules concern, among other things: (a) deeds in respect of property; (b) registration of details regarding real property by a District Land Registrar; (c) rights of use and disposal of real property; (d) powers and conditions of sale and protection of purchasers and creditors; (e) implied conditions of contract regarding transfer; (f) mortgages and sale of mortgaged land; (g) leases and tenancies and relationship between
Custom and Adopted Laws (Amendment) Act 1972 (No. 15 of 1972).
This Act amends the Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 in section 4 and by adding a new section 12. The amendments of section 4 concerns the conflict or variance between the rules of equity and the rules of the common law relating to the same matter, giving precedence to rules of equity. Section 12 concerns "modification of application of English Statutes relating to the limitation of actions.
Amends: Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 (No. 11 of 1971). (1972-01-05)
Custom and Adopted Laws (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1976 (No. 23 of 1976).
This Act amends the Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 in section 4 with respect to, among other things, adoption of English common law and equity in Nauru and alteration and adaptation by the Courts of Nauru to take account the circumstances of Nauru or any alterations or adaptations of principles and rules of common law which may have taken place in England.
Amends: Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 (No. 11 of 1971). (1972-01-05)
Administration Act 1969.
This Act regulates the (grant of) administration of real and personal 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 purposes, and in the case of a trustee corporation includes an order to administer and an election to administer.An application for the grant or revocation of probate or administration shall be made through the Registrar of the High Court in the prescribed form.
Custom and Adopted Laws (Amendment) Act 1976 (No. 22 of 1976).
This Act amends the Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 in section 6 and the First Schedule. These amendments concern the adoption of English Statutes in Nauru and adoption of common law of England regarding: (a) liability for criminal offences; (b) the contractual and tortious liability of infants; and (c) the interpretation and effect of Statutes, subject to the provisions of section 5 of the principal Act.
Amends: Custom and Adopted Laws Act 1971 (No. 11 of 1971). (1972-01-05)