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Lucayan Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher COLUMBUS first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas has prospered through tourism, international banking, and investment management. Because of its location, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US and Europe, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.
The Bahamas is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 86Constitution of Bahamas (The) 1973
The constitution was promulgated by Queen Elizabeth II through an Order in Council at independence.
Statute of Frauds (Cap. 154).
This Act provides rules relative to the prevention of frauds and perjury in relation with dealings in land. It, among other things, defines the legal effect of leases estates interests of freehold not made in writing, requires surrender or grant of leases or estates of freehold or declarations or creations of trusts of lands to be in writing and concerns some other matters of inheritance.
Town Planning Act (Cap. 255).
This Act makes provision for the appointment of the Director of Physical planning by then Governor-General, the constitution of the Town Planning Committee, grants powers to these institutions and the Minister in respect of town planning and provides rules relative to town planning. The Director shall be a technical adviser to the Minister and executive officer of the Committee. The Committee is granted powers to control town planning and construction in The Bahamas.
Bahamas Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, 2014 (No. 9 of 2014).
This Act concerns a system of geospatial data collection and storage for the Bahamas. It establishes the Bahamas National Geographic Information Systems Centre, the Geospatial Advisory Council and the Bahamas Spatial Data Infrastructure Program. The Centre shall, among other things, serve as the Government's technical focal point for the collection and management of geospatial data on The Bahamas. It shall also ensure that the Bahamas Spatial Data Infrastructure (BSDI) assists policy-making in relation to policies and activities that may have a direct or indirect impact on the environment.
Private Roads and Sub-divisions (Out Islands) Act (Cap. 257).
This Act makes provision, among other things, for the sub-division of land of the Out Islands in which provision is made for the construction of access roads.Sub-division plans shall be approved by the Minister in accordance with this Act. Also the alienation any land of new sub-divisions requires the approval of the Minister and shall be subject to certain conditions. Some other restrictions on alienation are specified for lots that are not marked on the approved survey plan.
Repealed by: Planning and Subdivision Act, 2010 (No. 4 of 2010). (2010-03-16)