Analysis.
Title. | |
Preamble. | |
1. | Short Title. |
2. | Repeal. |
3. | Native Land Court to have jurisdiction. |
4. | Estate to vest in Natives found entitled. Proviso. |
5. | Antevesting date. |
1892, No. 27.
An Act to repeal "The Kaipo Reserve Act, 1892," and to makeTitle. further Provision for the Determination of the Title to the Kaipo Reserve.
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. | The Short Title of this Act is "The Kaipo Reserve Act 1892Short Title (No. 2)." |
2. | "The Kaipo Reserve Act, 1892," is hereby repealedRepeal.. |
3. | The Native Land Court shall have jurisdiction to inquire and determine, andNative Land Court to have jurisdiction. by its order declare, whether any, and, if any, what, persons, being members of the said Ngarauru Tribe, are entitled to page 2an interest in the said land under and by virtue of the said alleged trust, and in what relative proportions. |
4. | Estate to vest in Natives found entitled. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, the said Crown grant shall, if any persons are declared by such order to be beneficially entitled as aforesaid, become and be void and of no effect as from the date of the making of such order, and the said land shall be deemed to be vested in the persons named in such order in that behalf as tenants in common for an estate of freehold in fee-simple in possession as from such antevesting date, if any, as may be determined by theProviso. Court: Provided that any order made as aforesaid shall not prejudice the interest or term of any lessee under any lease for an unexpired term of years to which the said land may be subject at the time of the making of such order, nor shall any such lessee be deemed liable to account for any rent or mesne profits that may have accrued due and been paid in accordance with the terms of such lease before the making of such order. But the lessee, after notice of such order, shall pay any rent that may have accrued due and be still unpaid at the time of the making of such order, or that may thereafter accrue due, under his lease, to the Natives for the time being registered as owners of the land comprised in such lease in the proportions in which such owners are interested therein. The Court, if it think fit, may divide the land into such parcels as may be expedient, and may, if necessary, make a lease-order in respect of such parcels in accordance with the provisions of sections thirty-six to thirty-nine inclusive of "The Native Land Court Act, 1886." |
5. | Antevesting date. The Court may also determine what, if any, ought to be the antevesting date of such estate, and such date shall for all purposes be the antevesting date accordingly. |