The principal Act is amended by the insertion of a subsection (4(4)) on the power of the Investment Board to validate, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit, any purported conveyance, mortgage, transfer of mortgage or other acquisition of an interest in land made contrary to…

The principal Act is amended by the insertion of a new section (7A) regarding the exemption of religious organizations from the requirement a certificate of registration or the grant of a permit in respect of the acquisition of immovable property.
Amends: International Persons Landholding…

This Order deletes and substitutes Form 1 and Form 3 of the Schedule to the International Persons Landholding Act. Form 1 concerns the application for a certificate of registration and specifies conditions for such certificate. Form 3 concerns the application for a permit to acquire immovable…

This Act provides rules relative to the holding of any real or personal property in joint tenancy by companies. A body corporate shall be capable of acquiring and holding any real or personal property in joint tenancy in the same manner as if it were an individual provided that the acquisition…

This Act prescribes that the Ministry of Agriculture shall be considered to act as a corporation in dealings and legal proceedings regarding agricultural land. Sale and long-term lease of agricultural land are excluded from provisions of this Act. The Act also requires the Minister to report to…

The Act makes provisions in respect of powers and remedies given to lessors and landlords in case of any tenant deserting the demised premises, and leaving the same uncultivated or unoccupied, so as no sufficient distress can be had to countervail the arrears of rent. These powers and remedies…

This Act makes provision for selected matters in relation with property and in particular immovable property.The Act provides rules relative to licensed activities in respect of leases and other effects of legal deeds or proceedings on lease, effects of release from a rentcharge or judgements of…

This Act makes provision for the registration of commoners, i.e. persons that hold a right in non-partitioned land together with at least other twenty people and other aspects of organization of commoners and protection of their rights.A register of commoners shall be formed and kept in each…

This Act sets out criteria, conditions and procedures for compulsory acquisition of land by the Government and regulates related matters such as compensation, appeal from a magistrate’s award on compulsory purchase and effects of the acquisition on existing leaseholds and land other than the…

This Act provides rules relative to the carrying out of excavations, quarrying of mines and landfill operations and the control of such activities affecting the soil and landscape. The Act also provides for the protection of trees in certain circumstances.The Minister is charged with the…

This Act makes provision for the registration and the licensing of land surveyors and the control of their practice and establishes for these purposes the Land Surveyor’s Board and the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors and creates the office of the Surveyor-General.The Surveyor-General shall…

This Act provides rules for legal proceedings regarding the partition of land and other properties held in possession by more than one person. The Supreme Court may order sale instead of partition of property if this would result more practical or beneficial to the parties involved. The Court…