Examples of Solomon Islander in a sentence
No person whose perpetual estate, fixed-term estate or lease is converted or reduced by virtue of sections 100 or 101 shall grant a lease or sublease or otherwise deal in any interest in land held by him prior to the 31st December 1977 except to a Solomon Islander or a person described in subsection (4) of section 112, without obtaining the prior written consent of the Commissioner.
For example, the Land and Titles Act defines a Solomon Islander as a “…person born in Solomon Islands who has two grand-parents who were members of a group, tribe or line indigenous to Solomon Islands”.
The Constitution grants citizenship of Solomon Islands to those, who prior to Independence Day, are an indigenous Solomon Islander, or born in Solomon Islands and who has, or had, two grandparents who are or were members of a group, tribe or line indigenous to Papua New Guinea or the New Hebrides.
One senior Solomon Islander said that there has been “no development visible since independence, no capacity developed, no expertise improved.
One Solomon Islander said that there is “more that divides islands than brings them together”.Provision of Technical Assistance Personnel in the Solomon Islands Discussion Paper No. 76Districts acted as a mechanism for unifying and nation building.
The Auditor General, a Solomon Islander, saw putting expatriates in in-line positions (as opposed to advisory) as a means of creating belongingness on both the part of the expatriates who would be integral parts of the organization and serve it and of the organization which would have management responsibility for the TA.
Nonetheless, one senior Solomon Islander did express the view that a broader focus on strengthening a whole ministry was better than a focus on one unit.
Therefore, as described above women who are foreign nationals and married to a Solomon Islander have to wait a period of two years and have their husbands consent before they are able to become citizens under the Citizenship Act and then have the ability to acquire a Solomon Islands passport.
It provides that a woman married to either an indigenous Solomon Islander or person with British protector status or a father with that status can become a citizen.
The Solomon Islands Constitution establishes that only a Solomon Islander, or other person as may be prescribed by Parliament, has the right to hold or acquire a perpetual interest in land.