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Customary Land Records Act.

Country/Territory
Solomon Islands
Document type
Legislation
Date
1995 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the recording of customary land holdings; to empower land holding groups to appoint representatives to deal with recorded customary land holdings, the establishment of an office of national recorder of customary land, and record offices in the provinces and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Common property Traditional rights/customary rights Cadastre/land registration Ownership
Geographical area
Least Developed Countries, Oceania, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

For the purposes of this Act there is hereby established an office to be known as the Central Land Record Office which shall be responsible for the administration of the provisions of this Act and be the central repository of copies of all records of customary land holdings. These offices shall be managed by the Judicial and Legal Service Commission acting as National Recorder. Tasks of the National Recorder are set out in section 7 and include registration of customary land. "Customary land" ha

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org