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Native Land Trust (Amendment) Decree 2011 (No. 8 of 2011).

Country/Territory
Fiji
Document type
Legislation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Fiji Sessional Legislation.
Long title
A Decree to amend the Native Land Trust Act (Cap. 134).
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Institution Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Decree amends the Native Land Trust Act by establishing in that Act and all subsidiary laws made under that Act the word "native" shall be deleted wherever it appears and be replaced by the word "i Taukei". A new section is inserted in the principal Act. That section establishes that all written laws are amended by deleting all references to the word "native" wherever it appears and by inserting "i Taukei".

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Native Land Trust Act.

Legislation | Fiji | 1940 (1985)

Keyword: Land tenure, Traditional rights/customary rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX