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Nauru Lands Committee (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 9 of 2012).

Country/Territory
Nauru
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Nauru Sessional Legislation.
Long title
An Act to amend the Nauru Lands Committee Act 1956.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Inheritance Institution
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Micronesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act amends the Nauru Lands Committee Act 1956. The amendments are set out in the Schedule to this Act and concern, among other things: the power of the Committee to determine the distribution of the personal estate of deceased Nauruans. ‘Personal estate’ means the personal property to which a deceased person was entitled at the time of the person’s death, and any share or interest in such property, that is: (a) subject to the law of Nauru; and (b) not real estate.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Amends

Nauru Lands Committee Ordinance 1956-1963.

Legislation | Nauru | 1956 (1963)

Keyword: Land tenure, Ownership, Institution, Traditional rights/customary rights, Dispute settlement, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX