Words and expressions used in this Act shall, unless a 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.

Amendments to Principal Act

Amendments to Other Acts Relating to Maoris

(1) This subsection amended s 110(4) of the Maori Purposes Act 1931.

(2) Any grant of probate or letters of administration made before the commencement of this section which would have been valid if this section had been in force at the date of the grant is hereby validated:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall affect the validity of any disposition of any interest in land by any vesting or succession order of the Maori Land Court made before the commencement of this section.

[Repealed]

Section 19 was repealed by section 6(2) of the Maori Purposes Act 1967.

[Repealed]

Section 21 was repealed by section 16(4) of the Maori Purposes Act 1961.

(1) [Repealed]

(2) This subsection inserted subs (3)(a) in s 20 of the Maori Reserved Land Act 1955.

Subsection (1) was repealed by section 153 of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967.

(1) This subsection amended s 30(1) of the Maori Purposes Act 1959.

(2) Every alienation of land made before the commencement of this section which would have been lawful if section 30 of the Maori Purposes Act 1959, as amended by this section, had been in force at the date of the alienation is hereby validated and declared to have been lawful.