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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 251 - 255 of 298Real Property Trust Instruments Act.
A trust of any interest in real property may be created to secure the performance of an obligation or the payment of any debt. The encumbrance of real property interests to secure obligations may be by deed of trust pursuant to the provisions of this Act. A transfer does not entitle the trustee or beneficiary to the possession of the property, except as provided in this Act. A deed of trust shall be created, renewed, modified or extended only in writing and must be registered with the Clerk of the High Court. Section 5 prescribes the procedure of registration.
Real and Personal Property Act.
This Act shall apply to any agreement, regardless of its form, which is intended to give rights in personal property, including houses on land not owned individually or entirely by the party or parties purporting to give an interest in the house, as security for the performance of any obligation. Such Agreements include, among others, pledges, conditional sales agreements, chattel mortgages, and leases under which ownership of personal property is to pass upon completion of the terms of the lease.
Land Lease Commission Act of 1993.
A Commission is established to review all land leases prior to execution to ensure that the interests of all relevant landowners and successors in interest are adequately safeguarded and protected. The review serves the purpose of avoiding land right disputes mainly involving foreign investors and (local) landowners and successors in interest. The Commission shall be headed by the Attorney-General. The Commission shall approve and submit to the Clerk of Court for filing, only those land leases which are in compliance with the provisions of section 404.
Land (Amendment) Act 1999 (No. 8 of 1999).
Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended in subsections (3) and (7) by inserting the following after the word "leases": "(1) (including sub-leases)". Section 109 (2) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting a comma at the end thereof and adding the following: "or he may sell the lease or sub-lease if the mortgaged land is a leasehold". Form No. 3 in Schedule LX of the Principal Act is amended by deleting paragraph (c) therefrom.
Amends: Land Act. (1988)
Preservation of Sites and Artifacts Act (Cap. 39).
This Act grants power to the Minister to classify any site of historical, ethnological or artistic interest which is in the possession of any person or body corporate domiciled in Vanuatu. The Minister shall inform in writing the owner of any site which it is proposed to classify. The owner may submit to the Minister any representations. Failing to do so shall be taken as indicating the consent of the owner to the proposed conditions of classification.