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Trespass (Punishment) Act (Cap. 47).

Country/Territory
Vanuatu
Document type
Legislation
Date
1966 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of the Republic of Vanuatu, Consolidated Edition of 2006.
Long title
An Act to provide for the punishment of trespass.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Ownership
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act stipulates that every person who shall unlawfully persist in wandering or remaining upon any plantation, land or premises having been warned not to come thereon or to depart therefrom and every person who enters by night any dwelling-house, or any verandah or passage attached thereto, or any yard, garden or other land adjacent to or within the curtilage of such dwelling-house without lawful excuse, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine.

Full text
English