Maori Purposes Act 1949

Maori Purposes Act 1949

Public Act1949 No 46
Date of assent21 October 1949

Contents

Title

4 Review by Board [Repealed]

7 Adjustment of rent [Repealed]

10 No second review [Repealed]


An Act to amend the law relating to Maoris and Maori land, to confer jurisdiction upon the Maori Land Court, and for other purposes

1 Short Title
  • This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1949.

Part 1
Relief of Maori servicemen and discharged servicemen

2 Application of this Part
  • [Repealed]

    In subsection (2)(a) the reference to the Maori Land Board was substituted for a reference to the Board of Maori Affairs by section 11(2) Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1974.

    In subs (2)(a) and (b), Part 24 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 was substituted for the repealed Maori Land Amendment Act 1936.

    In subsection (2)(c), section 335 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 was substituted for the repealed section 5 of the Maori Purposes Act 1939.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

3 Application for review of liabilities
  • [Repealed]

    In subsection (1), Part 24 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 was substituted for the repealed Maori Land Amendment Act 1936, and section 335 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 was substituted in 2 places for the repealed section 5 of the Maori Purposes Act 1939.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

4 Review by Board
  • [Repealed]

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

5 Appeal against Board's decision
  • [Repealed]

    Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15), by substituting the words a Land Valuation Tribunal established under the Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948 (in this Part of this Act referred to as the Tribunal), for the words the Administrative Division of the Supreme Court under the Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948 (in this Part of his Act referred to as the Court).

    Subsection (2) was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15), by substituting the words [[District Court]] in which the proceedings were filed for the words Court nearest to the place where the land affected is situated.

    Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15), by substituting the words the Tribunal shall deal with every such appeal in as nearly as possible the same manner as if it were an appeal to the Tribunal, for the words the Court shall deal with every such appeal in as nearly as possible the same manner as if it were an appeal to the Court from an order of a Land Valuation Committee. And in the proviso the word Tribunal was substituted for the word Court by the same enactment.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

6 Determination of value by Tribunal
  • [Repealed]

    Section 6 was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15), by substituting the word Tribunal for the word Court.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

7 Adjustment of rent
  • [Repealed]

    Section 7 was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15), by substituting the word Tribunal for the word Court.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

8 Adjustment of mortgages, etc
  • [Repealed]

    Section 8 was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15), by substituting the word Tribunal for the word Court.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

9 Board's determination to be final if no appeal filed
  • [Repealed]

    Section 9 was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15), by substituting the word Tribunal for the word Court.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

10 No second review
  • [Repealed]

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

11 Adjustments to be endorsed on certificate of title, etc
  • [Repealed]

    In subsection (1) the reference to the Secretary for Maori Affairs was substituted for the original reference to the Under-Secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs by section 4 Maori Affairs Act 1953. A reference to the Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs was substituted for the reference to the Secretary for Maori Affairs by section 8(5) Maori and Island Affairs Department 1968. The reference to the Secretary for Maori Affairs has been substituted now for the reference to the Secretary for Maori and Island Affairs by section 5(3) Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1974.

    Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15) by substituting the words the [[District Court Judge]] for the words a Deputy Registrar of the Court.

    Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 September 1977, by section 6(6) Land Valuation Proceedings Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 15) by substituting the word Tribunal for the word Court.

    Part 1 was repealed, as from 1 August 1991, by section 2(1) Rehabilitation Act Repeal Act 1991 (1991 No 80).

Part 2
Extension of Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945

12 This Part to be read with Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act 1945
  • [Repealed]

    Section 12 was repealed by section 44 Maori Welfare Act 1962.

13 Riotous behaviour by Maoris deemed a breach of Tribal Executive by-laws
  • [Repealed]

    Section 13 was repealed by section 44 Maori Welfare Act 1962.

14 Profession of supernatural powers by Maoris deemed a breach of Tribal Executive by-laws
  • [Repealed]

    Section 14 was repealed by section 44 Maori Welfare Act 1962.

15 Extension of powers of Maori Wardens in respect of the prevention of drunkenness
  • [Repealed]

    Section 15 was repealed by section 44 Maori Welfare Act 1962.

Part 3
Amendment of laws

16 Provisions of Maori Land Act 1931 to apply to Parts 3 and 4 of this Act
  • Words and expressions used in Part 3 or Part 4 of this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meaning as in the Maori Land Act 1931 (in those Parts referred to as the principal Act), and the provisions of the principal Act, as far as they are applicable, shall extend and apply to the cases hereinafter provided for by this Act in as full and ample a manner as if Parts 3 and 4 of this Act had been incorporated with and formed part of the principal Act.

17 Amending section 25 of West Coast Settlement Reserves Amendment Act 1948
  • [Repealed]

    Section 17 was repealed by section 93(1) Maori Reserved Land Act 1955.

18 Copy of Order, Proclamation, or notice need not be certified under hand of Under-Secretary if copy of Gazette deposited
  • [Repealed]

    Section 18 was repealed by section 473(1) Maori Affairs Act 1953.

19 Widower of intestate Maori may receive share of estate
  • [Repealed]

    Section 19 was repealed by section 473(1) Maori Affairs Act 1953.

20 Instruments of alienation executed by Maori Land Boards not to require confirmation
  • [Repealed]

    Section 20 was repealed by section 473(1) Maori Affairs Act 1953.

21 Powers and functions of committees appointed under section 8 of Board of Maori Affairs Act 1934-35
  • [Repealed]

    Section 21 was repealed by section 473(1) Maori Affairs Act 1953.

Part 4
Miscellaneous powers

22 Maori Trustee authorized to expend moneys towards cost of Auckland Maori Community Centre
  • [Repealed]

    Section 22 was repealed by section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956.

23 Validating Order of the Court concerning Motatau Number 2 Block
  • [Repealed]

    Section 23 was repealed by section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956.

24 Authorizing extension of term of timber cutting licence granted to Ellis and Burnand, Ltd, by Waikato-Maniapoto District Maori Land Board
  • [Repealed]

    Section 24 was repealed by section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956.

25 Court authorized to hear and determine application for probate of will of Mou te Hapuku, deceased
  • [Repealed]

    Section 25 was repealed by section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956.

26 Establishment of Whakatohea Trust Board
  • [Repealed]

    Section 26 was repealed by section 57(1) Maori Trust Boards Act 1955.

27 Maori Trustee authorized to contribute to cost of guest house in Rotorua
  • [Repealed]

    Section 27 was repealed by section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956.

28 Constitution of East Coast Maori Trust Council
  • [Spent]

29 Settlement of claims in respect of Kauhouroa Block and constitution of Wairoa Maori Trust Board
  • [Repealed]

    Section 29 was repealed by section 57(1) Maori Trust Boards Act 1955.

30 Ngatiporou Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., authorized to contribute to cost of centennial celebrations of Te Aute College
  • [Repealed]

    Section 30 was repealed by section 6(1) Maori Purposes Act 1956.

31 Meaning of term issue when used in relation to residuary beneficiaries in Hemi Matenga Trust
  • For the purposes of section 20 of the Maori Purposes Act 1948, the term issue, when used in subsection (1) of that section in relation to a contingent residuary beneficiary, shall include any child or other descendant, whether legitimate or illegitimate, and whether a Maori or not, of the contingent residuary beneficiary, who would, if a Maori, be capable of taking by way of intestate succession an interest of the contingent residuary beneficiary in Maori land.

32 Provisions relating to North Island Tenths modified
  • [Repealed]

    Section 32 was repealed by section 93(1) Maori Reserved Land Act 1955.

33 Proceeds of alienation of Tarawera and Tataraakina Blocks to be paid to Ikaroa District Maori Land Board
  • [Repealed]

    Section 33 was repealed by section 13(19) Maori Purposes Act 1952.