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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 title
An 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