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Land Sales Act.

Country/Territory
Fiji
Document type
Legislation
Date
1974
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Fiji, Cap. 137.
Long title
An Act to provide for the regulation of certain speculative and other dealings in land and the taxation of profits thereon.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Transfer Contract/agreement Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

Section 3 provides for a land sales tax to be charged on the net profit of dealings in land. Section 5 defines exemptions. No non-resident or any person acting as his agent shall without the prior consent in writing of the Minister responsible for land matters make any contract to purchase or to take on lease any land, provided that nothing contained in this subsection shall operate to require such consent or prevent a non-resident from making any such contract if the land together with any other land in Fiji of such non-resident does not exceed in the aggregate an area of one acre. No appeal shall lie against a decision by the Minister responsible for land matters made under this section. The requirements shall not apply to dealings in native land, as defined by the Native Land Trust Act, or to the original grant of any lease or licence by the Native Land Trust Board.

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References - Legislation

Amended by

Land Sales (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 16 of 2014).

Legislation | Fiji | 2014

Keyword: Land tenure, Foreign land tenure, Transfer, Contract/agreement, Authorization/permit, Urban land

Source: FAO, FAOLEX