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Title: He Whakamaramatanga mo te Ture Hoko, Riihi hoki, i nga Whenua Maori, 1876

Author: [New Zealand Parliament, Legislative Council]

Publication details: 1876, Wellington

Part of: He reo ture nō te taha Kāwana / Language of the Crown

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He Whakamaramatanga mo te Ture Hoko, Riihi hoki, i nga Whenua Maori, 1876.

[2.] Restriction of Native Land Purchases

[ko te tohutoro i roto i te reo Māori]

[2.] Restriction of Native Land Purchases.

8.	After the commencement of this Act no person shall, either Purchase of lands, &c., prohibited in districts brought under this Act. by himself or his agents, or by or through any person on his or their behalf, or as agent for any such person, directly or indirectly purchase or acquire, or contract or agree to purchase or acquire, any Native 40 lands, or any estate right easement or interest therein, from any Native, or from any person on behalf of any such Native, except under the provisions of this Act.
9.	Any person committing a breach of the foregoing provision shall Penalty for breach of last provision. be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred pounds, to be 45 recovered in a summary way. One-half of any fine recovered under this section shall be paid to the person or persons who shall be instrumental in procuring any conviction hereunder, in such proportion as the convicting Resident Magistrate or Justices shall direct.
10.	50 No Native shall, after the commencement of this Act, Natives prohibited from dealing with their lands otherwise than as prescribed by this Act. dispose of or agree to dispose of any Native lands in of or to which he may be seised possessed or entitled, whether solely or jointly, except under the provisions of this Act. This provision shall extend to all Native lands of any tenure 55 whatsoever, whether held under Native custom or under a title ascertained by the Court under the said Act, or under any Act repealed thereby, but shall not include any lands for which Crown grants have been issued to any Native or number of Natives, or for which Crown grants have been directed to be issued or are in course of preparation 60 before the commencement of this Act. page 4
11.	Contracts in contravention of this Act to be void.If any contract or agreement shall be made for the disposition of any such lands or any estate or interest therein, or if any disposition thereof shall be made contrary to the provisions of this Act, every instrument of disposition, by which such disposition shall be effected or sought to be effected, shall be void, and all or any 5 moneys paid thereunder shall be forfeited, and all of any moneys payable thereunder shall not be recoverable at law or in equity; and no person shall have any right claim or demand under or in respect of any such instrument of disposition or any covenant or agreement therein contained or implied. 10 For the purposes of this and the last preceding section, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them:— "Disposition," "dispose of," respectively mean and include any conveyance, transfer, mortgage, lease, agreement, charge, 15 lien, or contract of any kind, whereby any Native land, or any estate easement right or interest therein, has been or may be sold, conveyed, leased, surrendered, charged, encumbered, or otherwise parted with or disposed of; and "Instrument of disposition" includes any conveyance, transfer, 20 mortgage, charge, lien, lease, agreement, or contract of any kind whatsoever, in respect of or relating to Native land.