Samoa Land Registration Order 1920. Country/Territory Samoa Document type Regulation Date 1920 (1972) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Ownership Cadastre/land registration Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Order shall apply only to Crown land, European land, and European interests in Native land. It shall be the duty of the Registrar appointed under this Order to prepare, in such manner as may be approved by the Chief Judge of the High Court, a register, to be called the Land Register, of the legal title to all Crown land, European land, and European interests in Native land existing in Samoa at the commencement of this Order "European interest in Native land" means any estate or interest held in Native land otherwise than by virtue of Native custom. No instrument of title shall in any manner affect the legal title to land in Samoa until and unless such instrument is registered in the Land Register in accordance with this Order. Full text English Website www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj References - Legislation Repealed by Land Registration Act 1992/1993. Legislation | Samoa | 1992 Keyword: Cadastre/land registration, Ownership, Lease, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX