Maori Purposes Act 1961

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Maori Purposes Act 1961.
2: Provisions of Maori Affairs Act 1953 to apply to this Act
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as in the Maori Affairs Act 1953 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act Amendments to principal Act Heading repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
3: Judges to be Justices of the Peace
Section 3 repealed 1 January 1975 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1974
4: Rehearings
Section 4 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
5: Maori Land Court orders
Section 5 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
6: Grant of letters of administration subject to bond
Section 6 repealed 14 December 1976 section 7(3)(a) Maori Purposes Act 1976
7: Disposition of interests of deceased owner of Maori land
Section 7 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
8: Modes of partition
Section 8 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
9: Vesting land in trustees
Section 9 repealed 22 November 1967 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1967
10: Amendment to orders by Chief Judge
Section 10 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
11: Trust funds held by Maori Trustee
Section 11 repealed 1 April 1963 Maori Affairs Amendment Act 1962
12: Funds to meet compensation
Section 12 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993
13: Validity of instruments executed on behalf of owners
Section 13 repealed 1 July 1993 section 362(2) Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 Amendments to other Acts relating to Maoris
14: Maori housing
1:
2)–(6: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
7: Any land comprised in any certificate of title issued under section 12 Section 14(1) repealed 1 January 1971 section 11(2) Maori Purposes Act 1970
15: Special Maori Housing Fund
Section 15 repealed 31 March 1977 section 25(4)(b) Maori Purposes Act 1976
16: Unclaimed money in Common Fund
1)–(4: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
5: Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section or the provisions of any other enactment, and notwithstanding the repeal by section 21 subsections (11), (12), and (13) of section 30 provided that no such scheme of distribution shall have any application in respect of any sum in excess of 2,500 pounds: provided also that it shall not be necessary to have any such scheme confirmed by the court.
17: Contributions by Maori Trustee to Maori Education Foundation
1: There may be paid by the Maori Trustee from the General Purposes Fund established by section 23 Maori Education Foundation Act 1961
2:
3: Subsection (2) shall come into force on 1 April 1962. Section 17(2) repealed 24 June 1996 Maori Trustee Amendment Act 1996
18: Compensation fund for vested land leases
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
19: Powers of Maori Trust Boards
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
20: Maori Trust Board may appoint agent to farm
1: Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s)
2: This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 1 September 1961. Miscellaneous provisions
21: Validating devise under will of Tiki Taimona Hurae
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 114 of the principal Act
22: Distribution of proceeds from Tarawera 5B Block
The money referred to in the prayer of the petition to the House of Representatives of Ngatera Mohi and others, dated 30 October 1961, being money arising under an agreement for the sale of timber on the land known as Tarawera 5B Block, shall, together with any interest that may have accrued thereon, be paid, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this section, to the Maori Trustee, and the Maori Trustee shall, after deducting therefrom all sums properly deductible, whether for costs, charges, commission, or otherwise, distribute the money to the persons named in the provisional list of owners of the Tarawera Block declared by the court on 7 May 1953, under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 13