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Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas has prospered through tourism, international banking, and investment management. Because of its location, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US and Europe, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.
The Bahamas is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 66 - 70 of 86Land Surveyors Regulations (Cap. 250).
These Regulations prescribe rules relative to the conduct and practice of land surveyors authorized to act as such under the Land Surveyors Act. The rules concern, among other things, the form and content of a survey including the marking of boundaries, the duty to report to the Surveyor General on certain matters, details of survey plans and verification of boundaries. The Regulations also set out the form of the Register of Land Surveyors, regulate the authentication of survey plans, prescribe survey fees and the form of a complaint regarding the conduct of registered land surveyors.
Real Property Act (Cap. 169).
This Act makes provision in relation with selected matters concerning real property such as the status of all corporeal tenements and hereditaments, the validity of certain acts such as feoffments, partitions, exchanges, leases and of interests in tenements and hereditaments and the status of a reversion expected on a lease on tenements to be surrendered or merged.
Sub-divisions (Local Improvement Associations) Act (Cap. 258).
This Act makes provision for the formation and administration of “Local Improvement Associations" and defines rights and duties of such associations. An association may be formed by owners of lots of a sub-divided estate for the purpose of the carrying out of works in common and various other matters relating to the sub-divided land including matters regarding the maintenance of inland waterways. The procedures for establishment foresee, among other things, a petition by owners to the Minister and incorporation of the association.
Reclamation and Drainage Act (Cap. 259).
This Act makes provision for land reclamation and drainage of land ordered by the State. The Act shall apply in parts of the Bahamas that are declared by the Minister to be a reclamation area for purposes of this Act. The Minister may order landowners in a reclamation area to carry out land reclamation works and in case of neglect or refusal in respect of such order the Minister may direct a reclamation officer to carry out the work. The Act grants regulation-making powers for purposes of the Act to the Minister.
Quieting Titles Act, 1959 (Cap. 393).
This Act concerns legal proceedings and proof regarding the ascertainment or evidence of title in land or interest in any estate.The Act sets out the procedures for obtaining a certificate of title and the effects of a certificate of title. The Act also allows a person to request a court to investigate matters that may affect a title in land. A certificate of title obtained by fraud shall be null and void. The Rules Committee of the Supreme Court may make rules for specified purposes.