Maori Purposes Act 1956

Maori Purposes Act 1956

Public Act1956 No 43
Date of assent25 October 1956

An Act to amend the law relating to Maoris and Maori land, and for other purposes

1 Short Title
  • This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1956.

2 Provisions of Maori Affairs Act 1953 to apply to this Act
  • Words and expressions used in this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same meaning as in the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (hereinafter 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 provided for in this Act in as full and ample a manner as if this Act had been incorporated with and formed part of the principal Act.

Part 1
Amendment of laws

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  • This section inserted s 305A in the principal Act.

4 Repeal
  • Section 434 of the principal Act is hereby repealed.

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6 Enactments repealed
  • (1) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed.

    (2) Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, it is hereby declared that the repeal of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done or suffered or any estate, right, title, interest, or benefit created, conferred, or acquired, or any obligation undertaken or imposed under any such enactment.

Part 2
Miscellaneous powers

7 Term of leases granted by the Proprietors of Mangakino Township Incorporated
  • Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of section 235 or in section 286 of the principal Act, no lease granted by the body corporate of owners constituted under Part 22 of the principal Act and known as The Proprietors of Mangakino Township Incorporated of the land vested in it shall be subject to the limitation imposed by the said section 235.

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Schedule
Enactments repealed

Section 6