International Persons Landholding (Amendment) Act, 1995 (No. 32 of 1995). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Legislation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to amend the International Persons Landholding Act, 1993. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Foreign land tenure Transfer Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract The principal Act is amended by the insertion of a subsection (4(4)) on the power of the Investment Board to validate, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit, any purported conveyance, mortgage, transfer of mortgage or other acquisition of an interest in land made contrary to subsection (1) of section 4 by issuing a permit to the non-Bahamian. Subsection (1) of section 4 requires a non-Bahamian who wishes to acquire land or an interest in land either by way of freehold or leasehold, which acquisition is not within section 3(1), to obtain a permit from the Board. Full text English Website www.bfsb-bahamas.com References - Legislation Amends International Persons Landholding Act, 1993 (Cap. 140). Legislation | Bahamas | 1993 (2009) Keyword: Land tenure, Foreign land tenure, Transfer Source: FAO, FAOLEX