New Zealand: Acts affecting Native Lands, 1886, 1888-91 and 1894-95

New Zealand. Analysis

New Zealand. Analysis.

Title.
1. Short Title.
2. Interpretation.
3. How deeds executed by Natives are to be verified. Exception as to half-castes.
4. Duties of Trust Commissioner.
5. Dealings with Native land prohibited until ownership ascertained.
6. Notice to be given when ownership has been ascertained.
7. Penalty for entering upon prohibited dealings. Prohibited transactions illegal and void. Prosecutions only with prescribed sanction.
8. Rights of the Crown not to be prejudiced.
9. Repeal.
10. Debtor secured sufficient land for his maintenance.