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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 46 - 50 of 53Administration of Estates Act (Cap. 9:01).
This Act concerns the administration of real estate and personal property of deceased persons by an administrator or executor by will. The Act also makes provision for the distribution of estates under intestate and other administration or disposal of assets. The Administrator General, an office established under this Act, may, subject as is provided in and by the Wills and Probate Act, apply to the Court for Letters of Administration.
Chaguaramas Development Authority Act (Cap. 35:02).
This Act establishes the Chaguaramas Development Authority and provides for its functions and powers, organization and management.The Authority is establishes as a body corporate and shall be responsible for the infrastructural development of the North-west Peninsula.The Minister may, in order to enable the efficient performance of the Authority, extinguish any public or private rights of way or easement over any land vested in the Authority. The Act prohibits any occupation or possession of land vested in the Authority without its consent.
State Land (Regularisation of Tenure) (Delegation of Power) Order (Cap. 57:05).
This Order of the President, made under section 16(1) of the State Land (Regularisation of Tenure) Act, 1998, empowers the Land Settlement Chairman with the execution of Deeds of Lease and with the granting of consent to assignments pursuant to section 15 of the Act on behalf of the President.
Implements: State Land (Regularisation of Tenure) Act, 1998 (No. 25 of 1998). (1998-10-28)
Land Adjudication Act, 2000 (Act No. 14 of 2000).
The Minister may by Order in such form as may be prescribed, declare any area to be an adjudication area, from such date as may be specified in the Order (sect. 3). There shall be an Adjudication Officer who shall be an attorney-at-law of at least ten years The President shall appoint such Assistant Adjudication Officers, Demarcation Officers, Recording Officers and Survey Officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.
Registration of Titles to Land Act, 2000 (Act No. 16 of 2000).
This Act provides with respect to the registration of every parcel of land for which a folio of the Register is established under this Act.The Act consists of 81 sections divided into 8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); The Register (III); Instruments and Dealings with Land (IV); Transmissions, Liquidation and Trust (V); Effect of Registration (VI); Assurance Fund and Compensation (VII); Miscellaneous (VIII).The purposes of this Act are to: (a) provide certainty of ownership of interests in land and to simplify proof of ownership; (b) facilitate the economic and efficient executi