Maori Purposes Act 1955
Maori Purposes Act 1955
Maori Purposes Act 1955
| Public Act | 1955 No 106 |
| Date of assent | 28 October 1955 |
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 1955.
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.
Amendments to principal Act
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(1) This subsection amended s 131(2)(b) of the principal Act.
(2) This subsection substituted new subss (3), (4), and (5) for subss (3) and (4) of s 131 of the principal Act.
(3) [Repealed]
(4) [Repealed]
(5) This section shall come into force on the 1st day of January 1956.
Subsection (3) was repealed by section 100(1) of the Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968.
Subsection (4) was repealed by section 100(1) of the Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968.
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(1) This subsection amended s 133(4) of the principal Act.
(2) This subsection added subs (7) to s 133 of the principal Act.
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(1) [Repealed]
(2) [Repealed]
Subsection (1) was repealed by section 2(2) of the Maori Purposes Act 1957.
Subsection (2) was repealed by section 23(b) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1974.
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[Repealed]
Section 6 was impliedly repealed by section 73(1) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967.
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[Repealed]
Section 7 was repealed by section 14(2)(a) of the Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967.
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This section added subs (6) to s 459 of the principal Act.
Amendments to other acts relating to maoris
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[Repealed]
Section 9 was repealed by section 44 of the Maori Welfare Act 1962.
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This section amended s 38(4) of the Maori Trustee Act 1953
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(1) This subsection substituted a new section for s 75 of the Maori Vested Lands Administration Act 1954.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29th day of September 1954.
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[Spent]