Words and expressions used in this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meaning as in the Maori Land Act 1931 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), and the provisions of the principal Act so far as applicable shall extend and apply to the cases provided for by this Act in as full and ample a manner as if this Act had been incorporated with and formed part of the principal Act.
The Maori Land Act 1931 (1931 No 31) was repealed, as from 1 April 1954, by section 473(1) Maori Affairs Act 1953 (1953 No 94). That Act was in turn repealed, as from 1 July 1993, by section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 (1993 No 4).