District and Town Officers Act (Cap. 3). Country/Territory Tonga Document type Legislation Date 1930 (1988) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Tonga Consolidated Legislation - 1988 Revised Edition of the Laws of Tonga. Long titleAn Act to provide for the appointment of District and Town Officers. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil, Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Institution Farming Land tenure Foreign land tenure Plant protection Quarantine Inspection Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Act divides Tonga into the districts and makes provision for designation of town boundaries by the Minister, the election of town officers and district officers, and duties of district officers. District officers shall, among other things: inspect once in every quarter all the towns in his or her district and immediately after such inspection report on the sanitary condition thereof; inspect once every six months all the tax allotments in his or her district and report immediately after his inspection as to whether the provisions of sections 15, 16 and 74 of the Land Act (on farming requirements and the prohibition of alien landholding) have been complied with; have the powers of an inspector under the Plant Quarantine Act. Full text English Website crownlaw.gov.to References - Legislation Amended by Miscellaneous Amendments (Privy Council) Act 2010 (No. 42 of 2010). Legislation | Tonga | 2010 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX District and Town Officers (Amendment) Act 2012.(No. 20 of 2012). Legislation | Tonga | 2012 Keyword: Agricultural development, Institution, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX