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Crown Title Act (Cap. 8.11).

Country/Territory
Montserrat (UK)
Document type
Legislation
Date
2006 (2013)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to Repeal and replace the Crown Title Act (Cap. 08.11) to permit the registrar of lands to receive claims to unclaimed land, and for connected purposes.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Public land Dispute settlement Abandoned land/unoccupied land Private land
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act vests any interest in land remaining unclaimed since the coming into force of the Land Adjudication Act, and which by the provisions of section 17(1) of that Act were deemed to be Crown Land, shall, if not claimed by 31 December, 2020, in the Crown. Any person who claims any right or any interest in land which has not already been claimed by that person under the Land Adjudication Act, shall, if he or she does not claim his or her right or interest in that land within one year from the coming into force of this Act, forfeit such right and the land shall vest in the Crown. The Registrar shall determine disputes regarding title or boundary. Sections 147 to 149 of the Registered Land Act shall apply to the procedure of an appeal at court against decisions of the Registrar.

Full text
English
Website
agc.gov.ms

References - Legislation

Repeals

Crown Title Act (Cap. 8.11).

Legislation | Montserrat (UK) | 1999 (2002)

Keyword: Land tenure, Public land, Dispute settlement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX