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Acts Affecting Native Lands, Etc. (In English and Maori), Passed by the General Assembly, Session 1907.

[1907, No. 9. An Act to amend the Maon Land settlement Act, 1905.]

[i roto i te reo Māori]

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New Zealand
Analysis.

Title.
1. Short Title.
2. Further borrowing-powers.
3. Power to acquire undivided interests.
4. Statement to be laid before Parliament.

1907, No. 9.
An Act to amend the Maon Land settlement Act, 1905.Title.

[31st August, 1907.
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1.Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1907, and shall form part of and be read together with the Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2.
(1.) In addition to the sums authorised by section twenty-three of the principal Act, the Colonial Treasurer may, in the manner provided by that section, raise a further sum of fifty thousand pounds.
(2.)Further borrowing-powers. The moneys so raised may be expended in the purchase of land in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act or this Act without further appropriation than this Act.
3.
(1.)Power to acquire undivided interests. Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act to the contrary, the Governor may from time to time acquire under the provisions of that Act any undivided interest or part of any undivided interest owned by a Maori in any land owned by Maoris, and may pay for the same, notwithstanding that the other undivided interests in the same land have not been acquired or paid for.
(2.) The provisions of this clause shall be deemed to have been in operation from the date of the passing of the principal Act.
4.Statement to be laid before Parliament. Within twenty days after the close of each financial year, if Parliament is in session, or, if not, then within twenty days after the commencement of the first ensuing session, the Minister shall lay before both Houses of Parliament a statement (duly certified by the Controller and Auditor-General) giving particulars of the moneys expended under the authority of this Act or the principal Act during such financial year.
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