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Alphabetical List of Principal Legislation

CHAPTER.

274.
Abandoned Wreck

270.
Abutments

271.
Abutments (Out Islands)

74.
Accidental Fires

252.
Acquisition of Land

108.
Administration of Estates

61.
Administration of Justice (Expenses)

131.
Adoption of Children

243.
Agricultural Manufactories

242.
Agriculture and Fisheries

133.
Affiliation Proceedings

287.
Airport Authority

286.
Airports

193.
Aliens Restriction

246.
Animal Contagious Diseases

247.
Animals (Control of Experiments)

51.
Antiquities, Monuments and Museum

168.
Apportionment

320.
Apprenticeship

38.
Approved Authorities Transfer

180.
Arbitration

181.
Arbitration Clauses (Protocol)

182.
Arbitration (Foreign Awards)

282.
Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction

376.
Auction

CHAPTER.

358.
Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation

328.
Bahamas Investment Incentives

357.
Bahamas Development Bank

381.
Bahamas Development Loan

325.
Bahamas Free Trade Zone

392.
Bahamas Girl Guides Association

Bahamas Independence Order, 1973

27.
Bahamas Information Services Department

283.
Bahamas Maritime Authority

254.
Bahamas Mortgage Corporation

391.
Bahamas National Trust

190.
Bahamas Nationality

389.
Bahamas Red Cross Society

362.
Bahamas Registered Stock

303.
Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation

141.
Bahamas Vacation Plan and Time-Sharing

103.
Bail

69.
Bankruptcy

316.
Banks and Trust Companies Regulation

335.
Bills of Exchange

336.
Bills of Exchange (Bahamas)

332.
Bills of Lading

188.
Births and Deaths Registration

277.
Boat Registration

147.
Bodies Corporate (Joint Tenancy)

267.
Bridge Authority

305.
Broadcasting

200.
Buildings Regulation

329.
Business Licence

CHAPTER.

221.
Cabs

94.
Capital Punishment (Procedure)

17.
Caribbean Community

266.
Caribbean Development Bank

331.
Carriage of Goods by Sea

371.
Casino Taxation

351.
Central Bank of The Bahamas

97.
Children and Young Persons (Administration of Justice)

148.
Choses in Action

284.
Civil Aviation

80.
Civil Procedure (Award of Interest)

151.
Clandestine Mortgages

204.
Coast Protection

48.
College of The Bahamas

184.
Commissions of Inquiry

152.
Commonage

308.
Companies

260.
Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape of The Bahamas

Constitution

1.
Constitutional Referendum

18.
Consular Relations and Commonwealth Officers

5.
Continental Shelf

75.
Contributory Negligence

138.
Conveyancing and Law of Property

314.
Co-operative Societies

323.
Copyright

56.
Coroners

47.
Council of Legal Education

52.
Court of Appeal

62.
Court Deposits

105.
Criminal Justice (International Co-operation)

101.
Criminal Law (Measures)

91.
Criminal Procedure Code

68.
Crown Proceedings

344.
Cruise Ships (Overnighting Incentives)

297.
Customs Duties (Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff)

293.
Customs Management

380.
Cycle

CHAPTER.

228.
Dangerous Drugs

70.
Debtors

4.
Declaratory

211.
Defence

212.
Defence and Security Purposes (Regulation)

226.
Dental

223.
Derelict Motor Vehicles (Disposal)

166.
Deserted Tenements

382.
Development Loans

20.
Diplomatic Agents and Consular Officers (Oaths and Notarial Acts)

19.
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities

164.
Distress for Rent

165.
Distress for Rent (No. 2)

159.
Division Walls and Fences

378.
Dog Licence

CHAPTER.

46.
Education

Educational Guarantee Fund Act No. 24 of 2001 (See Special Addendum)

194.
Electricity

34.
Emergency Powers

35.
Emergency Relief Guarantee Fund

Employment Act No. 27 of 2001 (See Special Addendum)

232.
Environmental Health Services

143.
Estates Tail Barring

65.
Evidence

66.
Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions)

360.
Exchange Control Regulations

67.
Execution of Documents (Handicapped Persons)

312.
Exempted Limited Partnership

216.
Explosive Substances (Illegal Use and Possession)

215.
Explosives

299.
Export Control Regulations

327.
Export Manufacturing Industries Encouragement

348.
External Insurance

96.
Extradition

CHAPTER.

71.
Fatal Accidents

359.
Financial Administration and Audit

369.
Financial and Corporate Service Providers

367.
Financial Intelligence Unit

368.
Financial Transactions Reporting

213.
Firearms

214.
Firearms (Amnesty)

209.
Fire Services

244.
Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation)

32.
Flags and Coats of Arms (Regulation)

236.
Food

124.
Foreign Marriage

150.
Fraudulent Conveyances

78.
Fraudulent Dispositions

149.
Fraudulent Gifts

29.
Freeport Bye-Laws

30.
Freeport, Grand Bahama

313.
Friendly Societies

276.
Fuel Oil

CHAPTER.

388.
Gaming

222.
Garage Licensing

383.
General Loan and Stock

95.
Geneva Conventions (Supplementary)

85.
Genocide

44.
Governor-General’s Pension

40.
Governor-General's Personal Staff

345.
Guarantee of Loans (Small Businesses)

346.
Guarantee of Loans (Tourism Development)

132.
Guardianship and Custody of Infants

CHAPTER.

63.
Habeas Corpus

273.
Harbour Dues

272.
Hatchet Bay Harbour Control

261.
Hawksbill Creek, Grand Bahama (Deep Water Harbour and Industrial Area)

262.
Hawksbill Creek, Grand Bahama (Deep Water Harbour and Industrial Area) (Amendment of Agreement)

263.
Hawksbill Creek, Grand Bahama (Deep Water Harbour and Industrial Area) (Amendment of Agreement) (No. 2)

265.
Hawksbill Creek, Grand Bahama (Deep Water Harbour and Industrial Area) (Extension of Tax Exemption Period)

264.
Hawksbill Creek, Grand Bahama (Deep Water Harbour and Industrial Area) (Interpretation of Agreement)

Health and Safety at Work Act No. 2 of 2002 (See Special Addendum)

233.
Health Professions

231.
Health Services

342.
Hire-Purchase

235.
Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

290.
Hotel Corporation of the Bahamas

291.
Hotel Keepers

288.
Hotels

289.
Hotels Encouragement

199.
Housing

CHAPTER.

191.
Immigration

298.
Import Control Regulations

324.
Industrial Property

321.
Industrial Relations

326.
Industries Encouragement

135.
Infants' Property

134.
Infants' Relief

136.
Infants' Settlements

217.
Inflammable Liquids

116.
Inheritance

183.
Inquest of Fires

210.
Inquiry Agents and Security Guards

347.
Insurance

354.
Inter-American Development Bank

356.
Inter-American Investment Corporation

302.
Inter-Insular Mail Shipping

309.
International Business Companies

137.
International Child Abduction

353.
International Finance Corporation Agreement

352.
International Monetary Fund and World Bank

16.
International Obligations (Economic and Ancillary Measures)

14.
International Organizations (Immunities and Privileges)

15.
International Organizations (Immunities and Privileges of Certain Officers)

140.
International Persons Landholding

86.
Internationally Protected Persons

2.
Interpretation and General Clauses

319.
Ionising Radiations (Workers' Protection)

CHAPTER.

45.
Judges' Remuneration and Pensions

42.
Judicial and Legal Service (Prescribed Officers)

58.
Judicial Trustees

59.
Juries

55.
Justices of the Peace (Validation)

CHAPTER.

251.
Land Surveyors

161.
Landlord and Tenant

162.
Landlord and Tenant (No. 2)

170.
Law of Property

139.
Law of Property and Conveyancing (Condominium)

3.
Law Reform and Revision

64.
Legal Profession

238.
Lepers

72.
Libel

280.
Light Dues

83.
Limitation

218.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas

372.
Liquor Licences

90.
Listening Devices

355.
Loan (Inter-American Development Bank)

37.
Local Government

292.
Lodgers' Goods Protection

387.
Lotteries and Gaming

CHAPTER.

54.
Magistrates

301.
Mail Service

128.
Maintenance of Emigrants' Children

127.
Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement)

349.
Marine Insurance

120.
Marriage

123.
Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities)

122.
Marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister

129.
Married Women's Property

125.
Matrimonial Causes

126.
Matrimonial Causes (Summary Jurisdiction)

224.
Medical

230.
Mental Health

333.
Mercantile Agents

334.
Mercantile Law Amendment

268.
Merchant Shipping

281.
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Claims Limitation of Liability)

275.
Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution)

Minimum Wages Act No. 1 of 2002 (See Special Addendum)

241.
Ministry of Agriculture (Incorporation)

23.
Ministry of Finance

24.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

6.
Minors

340.
Money Lending

156.
Mortgages

365.
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

374.
Music and Dancing Licences

366.
Mutual Funds

98.
Mutual Legal Assistance (Criminal Matters)

CHAPTER.

49.
Nassau Library

350.
National Insurance

57.
Notaries Public

225.
Nurses and Midwives

CHAPTER.

60.
Oaths

104.
Offenders (Community Service and Supervision Order)

31.
Official Oaths

253.
Out Islands Dilapidated Buildings

195.
Out Islands Electricity

50.
Out Islands Public Libraries

28.
Out Islands Utilities

CHAPTER.

13.
Parliamentarians (Constituency Office Allowance)

10.
Parliamentarians (Salaries and Allowances)

7.
Parliamentary Elections

11.
Parliamentary Pensions

153.
Partition

310.
Partnership

311.
Partnership Limited Liability

379.
Passenger Tax

192.
Passports

84.
Penal Code

229.
Penicillin

43.
Pensions

114.
Perpetuities

219.
Petroleum

227.
Pharmacy

250.
Plants Protection

205.
Police

207.
Police Force Military Service

269.
Port Authorities

300.
Post Office

8.
Powers and Privileges (Senate and House of Assembly)

81.
Powers of Attorney

92.
Preliminary Inquiries (Special Procedure)

158.
Prescription

88.
Prevention of Bribery

12.
Prime Minister's Pension

41.
Prime Minister's Personal Staff

339.
Price Control

343.
Printing of Papers and Books

208.
Prisons

256.
Private Roads and Sub-divisions

257.
Private Roads and Sub-divisions (Out Islands)

93.
Proceeds of Crime

202.
Professional Architects

25.
Promotion of Tourism

285.
Protection of Aviation

317.
Protection of Depositors

294.
Protection of Revenue

364.
Public Accountants

9.
Public Disclosure

36.
Public Holidays

234.
Public Hospitals Authority

240.
Public Market and Slaughterhouse

189.
Public Records

39.
Public Service

361.
Public Treasury Bills

177.
Public Trustee

306.
Public Utilities Commission

26.
Public Works

CHAPTER.

237.
Quarantine

142.
Quieting Titles

393.
Quieting Titles, 1959

CHAPTER.

386.
Racecourse Betting

341.
Rates of Interest

171.
Real Estate (Brokers and Salesmen)

169.
Real Property

375.
Real Property Tax

77.
Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments

259.
Reclamation and Drainage

318.
Recruiting of Workers

186.
Registrar General

121.
Registrars of Marriage and Marriage Officers (Validation)

330.
Registration of Business Names

187.
Registration of Records

100.
Rehabilitation of Offenders

106.
Removal of the Attorney-General's Consent

167.
Rent Apportionment

163.
Rent Control

185.
Riots (Claims Tribunal)

220.
Road Traffic

201.
Roads

206.
Royal Bahamas Police Staff Association

146.
Rule against Perpetuities (Application to Future Easements)

CHAPTER.

337.
Sale of Goods

279.
Sale of Merchandise from Vessels (Prohibition)

315.
Savings Bank

390.
Scout Association

363.
Securities Industry

99.
Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence

377.
Shop Licences

73.
Slander

160.
Small Tenements

198.
South Eleuthera Water Supply

373.
Spirits and Beer Manufacture

385.
Sports

203.
Sports Transfer and Vesting

370.
Stamp

33.
Statistics

130.
Status of Children

154.
Statute of Frauds

155.
Statute of Frauds (Bahamas)

258.
Sub-divisions (Local Improvement Associations)

87.
Suppression of the Taking of Hostages

178.
Superannuation and Other Trust Funds (Validation)

53.
Supreme Court

79.
Survival of Action

CHAPTER.

295.
Tariff

304.
Telecommunications

307.
Television Regulatory Authority

384.
Theatres and Cinemas

82.
Tortfeasors

255.
Town Planning

322.
Trade Marks

102.
Transfer of Offenders

176.
Trustee

174.
Trustees Appointment (1850)

175.
Trustees Appointment (1890)

173.
Trustees Appointment (Bahamas)

179.
Trusts (Choice of Governing Law)

CHAPTER.

172.
United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence (Land Holdings)

22.
United States Economic Co-operation Administration (Exemption from Taxation)

296.
United States of America and The Bahamas Pre-clearance Agreement

21.
United States Technical Assistance Agreement (Immunities and Privileges and Exemption from Taxation)

CHAPTER.

89.
Vagrancy

157.
Validation of Gratuitous Conveyances

239.
Venereal Disease

245.
Veterinary Surgeons

144.
Voluntary Conveyances

145.
Voluntary Conveyances (Removal of Presumption of Resulting Trust)

CHAPTER.

196.
Water and Sewerage Corporation

278.
Water Skiing and Motor Boat Control

197.
Water Supplies (Out Islands)

338.
Weights and Measures

248.
Wild Animals Protection

249.
Wild Birds Protection

115.
Wills


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