THE ISLAND OF NAURU

NATIVE ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE 1922*

Short title and commencement.

1.† This Ordinance may be cited as the Native Administration Ordinance 1922,* and shall come into operation forthwith.

Definition.

2.† "Native " in this Ordinance shall mean an aboriginal of the Island of Nauru, and shall include an aboriginal native of China, or of any Island of the Pacific Ocean, or of any of the East India Islands, or of Malaysia, and shall include also any person who is wholly or partly descended from any aboriginal native or natives aforesaid.

Making of Regulations by Administrator.

3.† The Administrator may make regulations affecting the affairs of natives with regard to-

(a) marriage and divorce;

(b) the succession to property in case of intestacy;

(c) the jurisdiction, powers, and procedure of courts for native matters in civil and criminal matters;

(d) the rights to real and personal property;

(e) the cultivation of the soil,

and generally with regard to all matters relating to or affecting the good government and well-being of the natives.

Penalties for offences against Regulations.

4.† The regulations may, in respect of any contravention of the regulations, provide penalties for such offences.

Endnotes:

* No. 17, 1922; made by Administrator on 14th October, 1922.
† Re-numbered by Ordinance No…., 1966.

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