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Cook Islands Amendment (No 2) Act 1970

COOK ISLANDS

COOK ISLANDS AMENDMENT (No 2) ACT 1970

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title and commencement
2. Alienations must be in writing
3. Conditions of confirmation

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1970, No. 4

An Act to amend the Cook Islands Act 1915

(28 August 1970

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title and commencement - (1) This Act may be cited as the Cook Islands Amendment (No. 2) Act 1970 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Cook Islands Act 1915 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act").

(2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of May 1970.

2. Alienations must be in writing - Subsection (2) of section 475 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting, the words "the High Commissioner" and substituting the words "an officer of the Land Court approved in writing for the purpose by the Secretary of Justice".

3. Conditions of confirmation - Section 482 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (3).

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This Act is administered in the Justice Department.