Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1953-1954 — Page 28

Land Legislation.

PART IX

NEW LEGISLATION

60. Two important amendments relating to re-entry on Crown Lands were effected by the Crown Rights (Re-entry) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953. The period within which Petitions for relief against re-entry by the Crown may be presented without special leave of the Governor in Council was reduced from twelve to six months, and it is now provided that the acceptance of rent by the Crown shall not operate as a waiver by the Crown of any right to re-enter accruing or of any forfeiture incurred through a breach of a Crown Lease covenant or of a condition of any tenancy from the Crown.

61. The Land Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953, made two minor amendments to the Land Registration Ordin- ance consequential upon the establishment of the District Courts; and the Land Transactions (Enemy Occupation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953, extended for a further year to 15th July, 1954, the period during which the "Green Ink Entries" in the Land Registers relating to transactions during the Japanese occupation constitute notice of such transactions.

Companies Legislation.

62. The effect of the Fire and Marine Insurance Companies Deposit (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953, and the Life Insurance Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953, has already been noted in paragraph 28 above.

Trade Marks Legislation.

63. The Trade Marks Register (Reconstruction) (Amend- ment) Ordinance, 1953, made a minor amendment to the Trade Marks Register (Reconstruction) Ordinance that had been omitted by an oversight from the amending Ordinance No. 7 of 1952.

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