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Land and Titles Act.

Country/Territory
Solomon Islands
Document type
Legislation
Date
1969 (2005)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Solomon Islands, Revised Edition 1996, Cap. 133.
Long title
An Act to amend declare and consolidate the law relating to the tenure of land, the acquisition of land, the registrar of interests in land, to other like purposes and to matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Basic legislation Land tenure Land reform Ownership Traditional rights/customary rights Cadastre/land registration Lease Common property Abandoned land/unoccupied land Agricultural land Contract/agreement Court/tribunal Land commission Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Liability/compensation Prescription/adverse possession Public land Right of use Servitude Subdivision of land Survey/mapping Expropriation Use restrictions Vested rights/existing rights Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

The Act consists of 247 sections divided into 28 Parts: Preliminary (II); Administration (II); Settlement of unregistered documentary titles (III); Systematic settlement (IV); Purchase or lease of customary land by private treaty and compulsory acquisition of land (V); Organization and administration of land registries (VI); Land Ownership (VII); Registration (VIII); Searches and certified copies (IX); Estates (X); Leases (XI); Charges (XII); Transfers (XIII); Control of advertisement (XIV); Easements and profits (XV); Public rights of way (XVI); Restrictive covenants (XVII); Co-ownership and partition (XVIII); Instruments and agents (XIX); Transmission and trusts (XX); Judgments, writs and vesting orders (XXI); Caveats (XXII); Prescription (XXIII); Rectification of land register, indemnity and registrar's powers (XXIV); Survey (XXV); Customary Land (XXVI); Offences (XXVII); Miscellaneous (XXVIII).

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Land and Titles (General) Regulations.

Legislation | Solomon Islands | 1965 (1993)

Keyword: Land tenure, Transfer, Ownership, Cadastre/land registration, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Land and Titles (Amendment) Act (No. 11 of 2014).

Legislation | Solomon Islands | 2014

Keyword: Land tenure, Land reform, Ownership, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Land and Titles (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 1 of 2016).

Legislation | Solomon Islands | 2015

Keyword: Land tenure, Land reform, Expropriation, Liability/compensation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Strata Titles Act No. 4 of 2018.

Legislation | Solomon Islands | 2018

Keyword: Forest species, Agricultural land, Basic legislation, Cadastre/land registration, Common property, Contract/agreement, Traditional rights/customary rights, Dispute settlement, Royalties/fees, Foreign land tenure, Land commission, Land reform, Land tenure, Land valuation, Lease, Local government, Monitoring, Ownership, Procedural matters, Subdivision of land, Transfer, Vested rights/existing rights, Plant production

Source: FAO, FAOLEX