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Land Adjudication Act, 2000 (Act No. 14 of 2000).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the adjudication of rights and interests in land and for purposes connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Transfer Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Cadastre/land registration Dispute settlement Prescription/adverse possession
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

The Minister may by Order in such form as may be prescribed, declare any area to be an adjudication area, from such date as may be specified in the Order (sect. 3). There shall be an Adjudication Officer who shall be an attorney-at-law of at least ten years The President shall appoint such Assistant Adjudication Officers, Demarcation Officers, Recording Officers and Survey Officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. The Adjudication Officer in consultation with the Director of Surveys shall divide the adjudication area into two or more adjudication sections or declare the whole adjudication area to be a single adjudication section and shall give each adjudication section a distinctive number (sect. 4). Procedures of adjudication are laid down in sections 6 to 16. The Adjudication Officer shall prepare a separate notice in respect of each adjudication section, and in each such notice shall: (a) specify as nearly as possible the location and limits of the adjudication section; (b) declare that all interests in land in each adjudication section will be ascertained and recorded in accordance with the provisions of this Act (sect. 6). Every person claming any land or interest in land within an adjudication area shall make his claim in the manner and within the period specified by the notice given under section 6. All unclaimed land shall be deemed to be State land until the contrary is proved (sect. 17). The adjudication record shall be in a prescribed form in respect of each parcel of land. The Minister may make Regulations for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions and purposes of this Act (sect. 27). (28 sections divided into 6 Parts)

Full text
English
Website
www.ttparliament.org

References - Legislation

Amended by

Land Adjudication (Amendment) Act No. 10 of 2018.

Legislation | Trinidad and Tobago | 2018

Keyword: Survey/mapping, Land tenure, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Cadastre/land registration, Dispute settlement, Prescription/adverse possession, Court/tribunal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX