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Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas has prospered through tourism, international banking, and investment management. Because of its location, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US and Europe, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.
The Bahamas is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 61 - 65 of 86Quieting Titles Rules (Cap. 393).
These Rules are made under the Quieting Titles Act (Cap. 393) and concern: filing of an ex-parte application to court under section 3 of the Act; contents of a notice of such application; rules for adverse claims; the power of court to refer proceedings to a referee or to alter directions of a proceeding; inspection of records by the public; and fees of court.
Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape of The Bahamas Regulations, 1997 (Cap. 260).
These Regulations implement provisions of the Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape of The Bahamas Act, 1997 concerning the application for, and the granting of, permits for excavation or landfill operations or the to harvesting of protected trees and a licence to quarry or mine. Applications, permits or licences shall be in the form as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Land Surveyors Regulations (Cap. 250).
These Regulations prescribe rules relative to the conduct and practice of land surveyors authorized to act as such under the Land Surveyors Act. The rules concern, among other things, the form and content of a survey including the marking of boundaries, the duty to report to the Surveyor General on certain matters, details of survey plans and verification of boundaries. The Regulations also set out the form of the Register of Land Surveyors, regulate the authentication of survey plans, prescribe survey fees and the form of a complaint regarding the conduct of registered land surveyors.
Bye-laws of the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors (Cap. 251).
These Bye-laws are made under subsection (4) of section 9 of the Land Surveyors Act which provides that the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors, established under the Act, shall have power to make rules or Bye-laws not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.
Mortgage Corporation (Issue of Bonds) Regulations.
This Order concerns the procedures for the issuing of bonds by The Bahamas Mortgage Corporation, the registration of such bonds and rights of holders of such bonds and related matters.
Implements: Bahamas Mortgage Corporation Act (Cap. 254). (1992)