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Custom Land Management (Amendment) Act (No. 12 of 2014).

Country/Territory
Vanuatu
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend the Custom Land Management Act No. 33 of2013.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Court/tribunal Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Traditional rights/customary rights Dispute settlement
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act amends the Custom Land Management Act with respect dispute resolution regarding custom land. It, among other things sets out (procedural) requirements for decisions by a nakamal to determine the custom owners of a land and provides that decisions of the Island Court, Supreme Court, single or joint area Customary Land Tribunal and island Customary Land Tribunal which determine the ownership of custom land and which were made before the commencement of this Act, are deemed to create a recorded interest in land in respect of the person or persons determined by such Court or Customary Land Tribunal to be the custom owners.

Full text
English
Website
mol.gov.vu

References - Legislation

Amends

Custom Land Management Act (No.33 of 2013).

Legislation | Vanuatu | 2013

Keyword: Basic legislation, Traditional rights/customary rights, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Lease, Cadastre/land registration, Community management, Institution, Land reform, Property rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX