New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Maori Land Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to make partition orders, amalgamation orders, aggregation orders, and exchange orders in respect of Maori land, and to grant easements and lay out roadways over Maori land.
(2) The jurisdiction conferred on the Maori Land Court by this Part shall be discretionary, and, without limiting that discretion, the court may refuse to exercise that discretion in any case if it is not satisfied that to do so in the manner sought would achieve the principal purpose of this Part.
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply in respect of any Maori reserve.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (1), nothing in this Part shall limit or affect the jurisdiction of the High Court.
Compare: 1953 No 94 ss 173(1), 174, 186(2)
