Tokelau Amendment Act 1967. Country/Territory Tokelau (New Zealand) Document type Legislation Date 1967 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to amend the Tokelau Act 1948. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Expropriation Transfer Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, South Pacific Abstract This Act adds a new part on land to the Tokelau Act of 1948. Any land in Tokelau which at the commencement of the principal Act was owned in fee simple by any person other than the Crown shall for the purposes of this Part of his Act be deemed to he held in fee simple by grant from the Crown, and accordingly shall be deemed not to be Tokelauan land for the purposes of this Part of this Act. Subject to the provisions of this Act, all land in Tokelau is hereby declared be Tokelauan land and is vested in the Crown as the trustee of the beneficial owners thereof, but subject to customary title. The Administrator of Tokelau may exercise on behalf of the Crown all rights of suit, entry, re-entry, receipt of rents and profits, use, management, control, and possession vested in the Crown in respect of any land in Tokelau. Other provisions concern restrictions on alienation of land and fruits of land and expropriation for public purposes. Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Amends Tokelau Act 1948 (No. 24). Legislation | Tokelau (New Zealand) | 1948 (2007) Keyword: Agricultural development, Institution, Land tenure, Traditional rights/customary rights, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX