GOVERNMENT OF FIJI
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STATE LANDS (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2011
(DECREE No. 39 of 2011)

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, I hereby make the following Decree - 

TO AMEND THE STATE LANDS ACT [CAP. 132]

Short title and commencement

1. This Decree may be cited as the State Lands (Amendment) Decree 2011 and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

2. Section 6 of the State Land Act [Cap. 132] is amended by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (4) - 

"(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in exercising his powers to exchange portions of State land for portions of native land under subsection (3) or for portions of private freehold land under subsection (4), the Minister may, in addition to such exchange, require the payment of such monetary contribution as he deems appropriate for the value of the State land being exchanged."

Given under my hand this 7th day of September 2011.

EPELI NAILATIKAU
President of the Republic of Fiji