The Short Title of this Act is “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1890.”

The Native Land Court shall have the same power as the Supreme Court to grant probates of wills and letters of administration of the estates and effects of Natives dying within New Zealand before or after the passing of this Act, and such probate and letters of administration shall have the same force and effect as if the same had been granted by the Supreme Court.

Section six of “The Native Land Court Act 1886 Amendment Act, 1888,” shall be read and construed as if the words beginning “and that, as to the land the subject of the restriction to be removed, those appearing as owners and all others having a beneficial interest concur in the proposed removal,” had been omitted from the proviso to the said section at the passing of the said Act.

The terms of an arrangement voluntarily come to by the Natives or by the Natives and Europeans concerned in any proceeding before the Court shall be reduced to writing, and signed by all the parties thereto; and the Court shall be satisfied of the authenticity of the signatures and the bona fides of such arrangement before the same is given effect to by the Court in pursuance of the provisions of section fifty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1886.”

Where the words “six months” occur in sections twenty-one and twenty-eight of “The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889,” they shall be read as if “twelve months” had been inserted instead thereof; and the said section twenty-eight shall be read as if the words “until the end of the next session of Parliament,” occurring in such section, had been omitted, and the words “until the end of the session of Parliament next following the final determination by the Commissioners of such application for inquiry” had been inserted instead thereof.

Section twenty-two of “The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889,” shall be read as if the words “the Governor in Council” had been inserted instead of the words “the Commissioners” occurring at the beginning thereof, but so that any rules heretofore made by the Commissioners shall, until annulled or varied by the Governor in Council, remain in force.