| 13. | A confirmation order under the seal of the Court, or a certificate Confirmation order conclusive evidence of compliance with the Act and with this Act. under section fifty-five of the Act, indorsed on any deed or instrument, shall, for all purposes of title, be conclusive evidence that such deed or instrument is not in contravention of any of the provisions of the Act or of this Act, but shall not exonerate any person from penalties incurred in respect of any false declaration or evidence made or used for the purpose of obtaining such order. |
| 14. | Before confirming any lease the Court shall inquire whether Before confirming lease, Court to inquire as to nature of consideration. such lease has been signed by the Native owners, or any of them, in consideration, wholly or in part, of any sum of money paid to them or any of them by way of premium or foregift; and if it shall appear to the Court that there has been any such payment the Court shall not confirm such lease, unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the rent reserved is a fair and adequate rent, having regard to the value of the land, irrespective of any payment as aforesaid. |
| 15. | Any lease which through a bonâ fide mistake shall prior to Lease in excess o£ term allowed by law to be valid pro tanto. the passing of the Act have been made, given, or taken for a greater term than that allowed by law, shall be taken and deemed to be and to have been from the date thereof a valid lease for such less term as the same could have been made, given, or taken for at the time of the execution thereof: Provided always that a Judge shall certify that such mistake was bonâ fide, and that such lease is otherwise entitled to confirmation under the provisions of the Act and of this Act. |
| 16. | All acts done, or hereafter to be done, for the completion of Powers of Trust Commissioners continued. proceedings commenced under the provisions of "The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act, 1881," and the Acts amending the same, shall, if done by any person holding the office of Trust Commissioner at the dat of the passing of the Act, be as valid and effectual for the purpose aforesaid as if the said Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act and the several Acts amending the same had not been repealed. |
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