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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 226 - 230 of 298Land Registration (Nikunau)(Validation) Act 1992 (No. 12 of 1992).
An Act to provide for the validation of a replacement register of native lands for Nikunau. The principal object of this Act is to enable the Government to establish a Land Commission which shall undertake to compile a replacement Register of Native Lands for Nikunau which has been destroyed. Section 3 imposes certain duties on the Commission when compiling the replacement register. Section 5 provides for the inspection of such register by villagers. Section 6 enables any person to raise any objection to or claim for inclusion of title in the replacement Register.
Land Reform (Rural land Corporation) Regulations.
The Rural Land Corporation is established under regulation 2. The Corporation may: (a) manage land, plantations or residential properties; (b) undertake the business of farmers, ranchers, cultivators of timber, sawmillers and timber merchants; (c) process any crops grown on land including copra, cocoa and rice, and carry out other functions specified in regulation 3. For the purpose of carrying out its functions, the powers contained in section 8 of the Land Reform Act, Cap. 123 are hereby delegated to the Corporation.
Land Registration (South Tarawa)(Validation) Act 1997 (No. 6 of 1997).
From the records or judgment, or order or decision of various specified courts, a Commission appointed under section 3 shall compile a replacement Register of native lands recording therein all titles to native lands, pits, ponds, fish traps and sea walls in South Tarawa. The Register shall be open for inspection by the villagers, who may raise objections and lodge claims with respect to matters regarding inclusion of title in the replacement Register of Native Lands.
Land Reform (Rural Alienated Land) Regulations.
These Regulations apply with respect to land specified in regulation 1. With respect to such land as specified in regulation 1, an application for a Certificate of Registered Negotiator under section 6(1) of the Land Reform Act, Cap. 123 shall be in Form A contained in Part 1 of the Schedule. Subject to regulations 5 and 6, an application shall be lodged with the Minister within specified periods. The Minister may extend the time prescribed or if he or she is satisfied that reasonable cause has been shown, accept an application made out of time.
Expropriation for Public Utility Act [Cap 36].
This Act provides for the acquisition of land or rights in land for public purposes. Expropriation of immovable property for the purposes of public utility shall be effected by order of the Supreme Court, which shall only make an order of expropriation when the procedure laid down by this Act has been complied with. Expropriation may be ordered only after the Minister responsible for public works has by Order declared the transaction of public utility and other procedures set out in sections 4 to 12 are carried out.