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First colonized by the Spanish, the islands came under British control in the early 19th century. The islands' sugar industry was hurt by the emancipation of the slaves in 1834. Manpower was replaced with the importation of contract laborers from India between 1845 and 1917, which boosted sugar production as well as the cocoa industry. The discovery of oil on Trinidad in 1910 added another important export. Independence was attained in 1962. The country is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean thanks largely to petroleum and natural gas production and processing. Tourism, mostly in Tobago, is targeted for expansion and is growing. The government is coping with a rise in violent crime.
Trinidad and Tobago is a parliamentary republic.
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Displaying 36 - 40 of 53Agricultural Tribunals Order (Cap. 59:53).
This Order implements provisions of the Agricultural Small Holdings Tenure Act by establishing three Agricultural Tribunals. Section 12 of the Act grants powers to the President to establish tribunals which shall carry out functions assigned to them under section 20 of the Act in respect of their district of jurisdiction.
Implements: Agricultural Small Holdings Tenure Act (Cap. 59:53). (2013-12-31)
State Land (Regularisation of Tenure) Act (Cap. 57:05).
The Act, for purposes of promoting security of tenure and facilitating access to land, protects squatters to which this Act applies from ejectment from State lands. The Act applies to squatters on state lands, squatters and tenants in designated areas and squatters and tenants occupying land of State Agencies listed in the Schedule (sect. 3). Section 4 protects squatters from ejectment from dwellings subject to sections 11 and 27. Section 11 provides for the granting of a certificate of comfort against ejectment. Such certificate does not constitute a title in land.
State Grants and Leases (Re-issue) Act (Cap. 57:02).
This Act grants power to the President to certify the reissue of a grant of lease of State lands which was destroyed or lost. The President may require the lands in respect of which a certificate is applied for to be surveyed and the certificate shall be registered in the office of the Registrar General.
Registrar General Act (Cap. 19:03).
This Act establishes the Registrar General who shall keep four separate and distinct indexes of: (a) Deeds; (b) probates of Wills and Letters of Administration; (c) judgments, decrees, orders and rules; and (d) memoranda of lis pendens. The Act also provides for examination of documents and certified copies and grants the power to make Rules to the Registrar General.
Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 19:06).
This Act makes provision for the registration and execution of deeds. It also provides for the protection of purchasers and mortgagees. For the purposes of this Act a memorandum of a statutory lease executed in accordance with the provisions of the Land Tenants (Security of Tenure) Act, shall be deemed to be a deed registrable under this Act. Deeds shall be certified by a licensed Surveyor within the meaning of the Land Surveyors Ordinance.