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 titleAn 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