The principal Act is amended by the insertion of a subsection (4(4)) on the power of the Investment Board to validate, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit, any purported conveyance, mortgage, transfer of mortgage or other acquisition of an interest in land made contrary to…
Section 3 of the present Regulation establishes the land uses which are permitted in an agricultural land reserve unless otherwise prohibited by a local government bylaw or, for lands located in an agricultural land reserve that are treaty settlement lands, by a law of the applicable treaty…
The present Act lays down provisions relating to forest and range practices. Section 136 establishes that the Forest Practices Board is continued. The text consists of 217 sections divided into 11 Parts as follows: Definition and interpretation (1); Forest stewardship plan, site plan and woodlot…
This Act provides rules relative to the holding of title and other rights in land by persons other than a permanent resident or other than persons acquiring land or an interest in land under a devise or by inheritance (“Non-Bahamian”) and makes provision for control by the State on the holding…
The principal Act is amended by the insertion of a new section (7A) regarding the exemption of religious organizations from the requirement a certificate of registration or the grant of a permit in respect of the acquisition of immovable property.
Amends: International Persons Landholding…
This Order deletes and substitutes Form 1 and Form 3 of the Schedule to the International Persons Landholding Act. Form 1 concerns the application for a certificate of registration and specifies conditions for such certificate. Form 3 concerns the application for a permit to acquire immovable…
La presente Resolución elimina la exigencia de la presentación física del pago del impuesto de inmueble en ninguna solicitud, petición, consulta o cualquier otro tipo de tramitación que se realice ante la Dirección de Catastro y Bienes Patrimoniales, cuya verificación correspondiente se…
This Act provides rules relative to the holding of any real or personal property in joint tenancy by companies. A body corporate shall be capable of acquiring and holding any real or personal property in joint tenancy in the same manner as if it were an individual provided that the acquisition…
This Act prescribes that the Ministry of Agriculture shall be considered to act as a corporation in dealings and legal proceedings regarding agricultural land. Sale and long-term lease of agricultural land are excluded from provisions of this Act. The Act also requires the Minister to report to…
The Act makes provisions in respect of powers and remedies given to lessors and landlords in case of any tenant deserting the demised premises, and leaving the same uncultivated or unoccupied, so as no sufficient distress can be had to countervail the arrears of rent. These powers and remedies…
This Act makes provision for the registration of commoners, i.e. persons that hold a right in non-partitioned land together with at least other twenty people and other aspects of organization of commoners and protection of their rights.A register of commoners shall be formed and kept in each…
This Act sets out criteria, conditions and procedures for compulsory acquisition of land by the Government and regulates related matters such as compensation, appeal from a magistrate’s award on compulsory purchase and effects of the acquisition on existing leaseholds and land other than the…