Laws of Bahamas

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Abutments Act (Cap. 270)

Act · Made 1864-03-30

Abutments (Out Islands) Act (Cap. 271)

Act · Made 1883-05-15

Accidental Fires Act (Cap. 74)

Act · Made 1961-07-31

Acquisition of Land Act (Cap. 252)

Act · Made 1913-07-07

Administration of Estates Act, 2002 (Cap. 108)

Act · Made 2002-01-31

Agricultural Manufactories Act (Cap. 243)

Act · Made 1913-07-07

Agricultural Manufactories (Amendment) Act, 2024 (No. 34 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-06-24

Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable) Rules (Cap. 242)

Regulation · Made 1931-07-22

Agricultural Products (Jams) Order (Cap. 243)

Regulation · Made 1987

Agricultural Products (Pigeon Peas) Order, 1993 (Cap. 243)

Regulation · Made 1993

Agricultural Products (Tomatoes) Rules

Regulation · Made 1938-08-15

Agricultural Sales and Services Act No. 38 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-06-30

Agriculture and Fisheries Act (Cap. 242)

Act · Made 1963-12-20

Repealed

Aliens Restriction Act (Cap. 193)

Act · Made 1931-05-28

Animal Contagious Diseases Act (Cap. 246)

Act · Made 1962-05-23

Repealed

Animal Contagious Diseases (Import Control) Regulations (Cap. 246)

Regulation · Made 1966-08-04

Animal Contagious Diseases (Prohibition of Imports) Order (Cap. 246)

Regulation · Made 1976-08-26

Animal Contagious Diseases (Prohibition of Meat Imports) (Amendment) Order, 2002 (S.I. No. 80 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-05-14

Animal Contagious Diseases (Prohibition of Meat Imports) Order (Cap. 246)

Regulation · Made 1984-04-16

Animal Health and Production Act, 2016 (No. 7 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-20

Animal Health and Production (Fees) Regulations, 2023

Regulation · Made 2023

Animal Protection and Control Act, 2010 (No. 19 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-07-01

Animal Protection and Control (Amendment) Act, 2023 (No. 39 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-06-30

Animal Protection and Control (Ticket) Regulations, 2023 (S.I. No. 87 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-12-21

Animals (Control of Experiments) Act (Cap. 247)

Act · Made 1957-07-15

Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Act (Cap. 51)

Act · Made 1998-05-12

Antiquities, Monuments and Museum (Amendment) Act (No. 63 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-12-28

Antiquities, Monuments and Museum Regulations, 1999 (Cap. 51)

Regulation · Made 1999-07-02

Antiquities, Monuments and Museum (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulations, 2012 (No. 23 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-02-14

Antiquities, Monuments and Museum (Underwater Cultural Heritage) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 (S.I. No. 5 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-02-08

Aquatic Animal Health Regulations 2017

Regulation · Made 2017

Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction Act (Cap. 282)

Act · Made 1993-12-31

Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (Archipelagic Baselines) Order (Cap. 282)

Regulation · Made 2008-12-09

Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Economic Zone and Territorial Sea Limits) Order (S.I. No. 24 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-03-01

Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation Act (Cap. 358)

Act · Made 1981-12-30

Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority Act 2016 (No. 4 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-20

Bahamas Credit Co-operative Unions Act (No. 9 of 2015 )

Act · Made 2015-05-12

Bahamas Development Bank Act (Cap. 357)

Act · Made 1974-10-18

Bahamas Independence Order 1973

Constitution · Made 1973-06-20

Bahamas Maritime Authority Act, 1995 (Cap. 283)

Act · Made 1995-06-21

Bahamas Maritime Authority (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 18 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-07-01

Bahamas Mortgage Corporation Act (Cap. 254)

Act · Made 1983-08-19

Bahamas’ National Maritime Policy 2015

policy · Made 2015-04

Bahamas National Trust Act (Cap. 391)

Act · Made 1959-07-13

Bahamas National Trust (Amendment) Act, 2010

Act · Made 2012-12-28

Bahamas National Trust (Amendment) Act, 2023 (No. 25 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-06-30

Bahamas National Trust (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-19

Bahamas National Trust (Preservation of National Parks) Bylaws 2022 (S.I. No. 60 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022-06-20

Bahamas National Trust Strategic Plan 2013 – 2017

policy · Made 2013

Bahamas National Trust Strategic Plan 2018 – 2022

policy · Made 2018

Bahamas National Wetland Policy

policy · Made 2007

Bahamas Protected Areas Fund Act, 2014 (No. 28 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-07-07

Bahamas Protected Areas Fund (Amendment) Act No. 37 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-19

Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority Act, 2014 (No. 49 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-11-27

Bahamas Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, 2014 (No. 9 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-05-01

Bahamas' Updated Nationally Determined Contribution

policy · Made 2022-11

Biological Resources and Traditional Knowledge Act, 2021 (No. 4 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-03-08

Boat Registration Act (Cap. 277)

Act · Made 1961-07-31

Boat Registration (Amendment) Act, 2024 (No. 5 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-05-07

Boat Registration (Amendment to Schedule) Order, 2003 (S.I. No. 37 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-05-28

Boat Registration Rules (Cap. 277)

Regulation · Made 1961

Bodies Corporate (Joint Tenancy) Act (Cap. 147)

Act · Made 1908-08-08

Business Development Incentives Programme Act, 2025 (No. 49 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-06-27

Bye-laws of the Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors (Cap. 251)

Regulation · Made 1993

Carbon Credits Trading Act No. 36 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-08-11

Clandestine Mortgages Act (Cap. 151)

Act · Made 1692

Clifton Heritage Authority Act (Cap. 51B)

Act · Made 2004-06-24

Clifton Heritage Authority (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 16 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-07-01

Climate Change and Carbon Market Initiatives Act, 2022 (No. 15 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-05-20

Co-operative Societies Act (Cap. 314)

Act · Made 2005-09-29

Co-operative Societies Act (No. 8 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-05-12

Co-operative Societies Regulations (Cap. 314)

Regulation · Made 1997

Coast Protection Act, 1968 (Cap. 204)

Act · Made 1986-12-30

Commercial Recreational Watercraft Act 2006 (Cap. 278A)

Act · Made 2006-07-17

Commercial Recreational Watercraft Regulations (Cap. 278A)

Regulation · Made 2006-09-14

Commonage Act

Act · Made 1896-04-30

Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape of The Bahamas Regulations, 1997 (Cap. 260)

Regulation · Made 1997-05-27

Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape of The Bahamas Act, 1997 (Cap. 260)

Act · Made 1997-05-23

Conservation and Protection of the Physical Landscape of the Bahamas (Declaration of Protected Trees) Order, 1997

Regulation · Made 1997-05-26

Consumer Protection Act (Cap. 337C)

Act · Made 2006-05-26

Repealed

Consumer Protection Act (No. 10 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-11-21

Continental Shelf Act (Cap. 5)

Act · Made 1970-09-16

Conveyances and Other Dispositions (Foreign Companies) Validation Act, 1966

Act · Made 1966-10-17

Conveyancing and Law of Property Act (Cap. 138)

Act · Made 1909-08-23

Customs Management Act (Cap. 293)

Act · Made 1976-06-30

Customs Management (Amendment) Act (No. 15 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-06-30

Customs Management (Amendment) Act (No. 23 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-06-26

Customs Management (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. No. 25 of 2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-05-30

Customs Management (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. No. 50 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-07-01

Customs Management Regulations (S.I. No. 62 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013

Department of Physical Planning Regulations, 2011 (S.I. No. 4 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-01-04

Derelict Motor Vehicles (Disposal) Act (Cap. 223)

Act · Made 1967-04-25

Deserted Tenements Act

Act · Made 1817

Disaster Preparedness and Response Act (Cap. 34A)

Act · Made 2006-02-06

Repealed

Disaster Preparedness and Response (Amendment) Act (No. 62 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-12-28

Repealed

Disaster Reconstruction Authority Act No. 36 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-11-29

Disaster Risk Management Act No. 39 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-12-09

Distress for Rent Act (Cap. 164)

Act · Made 1689

Distress for Rent (No. 2) Act (Cap. 165)

Act · Made 1737

Economic Empowerment Zones Act No. 28 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-10-05

Electricity Act No. 48 of 2015

Act · Made 2015

Electricity (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 15 of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-03-20

Emergency Powers Act (Cap. 34)

Act · Made 1974-07-08

Emergency Powers (Covid 19)(No. 2) (Amendment) Order, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-03-25

Emergency Powers (Covid 19)(No. 2) Order, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020

Emergency Powers (Covid-19 Pandemic) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-06-29

Emergency Relief Guarantee Fund Act, 1999 (Cap. 35)

Act · Made 1999-11-08

Emergency Relief Guarantee Fund Regulations, 2000 (Cap. 35)

Regulation · Made 2000-01-21

Environmental Health (Fees for Services) Regulations, 1989 (Cap. 232)

Regulation · Made 1989

Environmental Health Services Act (Cap. 232)

Act · Made 1987-05-11

Environmental Health Services (Amendment) Act, 2025 (No. 52 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-06-27

Environmental Health Services (Collection and Disposal of Waste) Regulations, 2004 (Cap. 232)

Regulation · Made 2004-03-31

Environmental Health Services (Collection and Disposal of Waste) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

Regulation · Made 2013

Environmental Health Services (Collection and Disposal of Waste) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 (S.I. No. 40 of 2025)

Regulation · Made 2025-03-28

Environmental Health Services (Control of Plastic Pollution) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 106 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-07-08

Environmental Health Services (Fixed Penalty) Regulations, 2025 (S.I. No. 41 of 2025)

Regulation · Made 2025-05-28

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations. S.I. no. 150 of 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-09-15

Environmental Planning and Protection Act No. 40 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-19

Environmental Planning and Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 6 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-05-29

Environmental Planning and Protection(Spot Fines) Regulations, 2024 (S.I. No. 78 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-09-20

Environmental Protection (Control of Plastic Pollution) Act No. 38 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-19

Estates Tail Barring Act (Cap. 143)

Act · Made 1862-03-07

False Trade Descriptions Act, 2015 (No. 42 of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-10-10

Family Islands Development Encouragement Act (Cap. 328A)

Act · Made 2008-06-27

Family Islands Development Encouragement (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 20 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-07-01

Family Islands Development Encouragement (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 26 of 2015)

Act · Made 2016-06-30

Fisheries Act, 2020 (No. 40 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-12-31

Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2023 (No. 37 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-06-30

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) Act, 1977 (Cap. 244)

Act · Made 1977-06-16

Repealed

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 (S.I. No. 101 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-12-30

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2005 (S.I. No. 109 of 2005)

Regulation · Made 2005-12-28

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (S.I. No. 67 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007-10-19

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (S.I. No. 107 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-11-30

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 (S.I. No. 114 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-12-20

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 (S.I. No. 71 of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-09-29

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (S.I. No. 43 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022-05-25

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 (S.I. No. 29 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-05-31

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) Act, 1985

Act · Made 1985

Repealed

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation)(Amendment) Act, 2020 (N.21 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-06-29

Repealed

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2025 (S.I. No. 60 of 2025)

Regulation · Made 2025-06-27

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Declaration of Protected Areas) (The Exuma (Jewfish Cay) Marine Reserve) Order (Cap. 244)

Regulation · Made 2009-12-11

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Declaration of Protected Areas) (South Berry Islands Marine Reserve) Order (Cap. 244)

Regulation · Made 2009-12-11

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Declaration of Protected Areas) (High Cay & Surrounding Waters) Order (S.I. No. 106 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-11-30

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Declaration of Protected Area) Order (S.I. No. 115 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-12-18

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Flats Fishing) Regulations, 2017 (S.I. No. 2 of 2017)

Regulation · Made 2017-01-06

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) (Flats Fishing)(Amendment) Regulations, 2023 (S.I. No. 30 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-05-31

Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) Regulations, 1986 (Cap. 244)

Regulation · Made 1986-01-30

Fisheries Resources (Potters Cay Fish Landing Complex) Regulations, 1986

Regulation · Made 1986-01-30

Fisheries (Seahorse) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 35 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022-05-17

Five Year Sector Strategic Plan 2010–2014 of the Ministry of Agriculture & Marine Resources

policy · Made 2010-02

Food Act (Cap. 236)

Act · Made 1985-11-01

Repealed

Food and Nutrition Security Policy and Action Plan for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas 2017 - 2022

policy · Made 2017-12

Food Safety and Quality Act 2016 (No. 5 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-20

Food (Seafood Processing and Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 33 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-05-22

Food (Seafood Processing and Inspection) Regulations, 2002 (Cap. 236)

Regulation · Made 2002-08-02

Forestry Act, 2010 (No. 20 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-07-01

Forestry (Amendment) Act, 2010 (No. 32 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-12-28

Forestry (Amendment) Act, 2014 (No. 6 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-05-01

Forestry (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (S.I. No. 6 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-02-16

Forestry (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 (S.I. No. 35 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-05-31

Forestry (Declaration of Protected Trees) Order (S.I. No. 5 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-02-16

Forestry Regulations, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011

Forestry Regulations, 2014 (S.I. No. 38 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-05-15

Fraudulent Conveyances Act (Cap. 150)

Act · Made 1585

Fraudulent Dispositions Act, 1991 (Cap. 78)

Act · Made 1991-03-05

Fraudulent Gifts Act (Cap. 149)

Act · Made 1571

Freeport Bye-laws Act (Cap. 29)

Act · Made 1965-09-11

Freeport Harbour Rules (Cap. 269)

Regulation · Made 1986

Freeport (Marina and Inland Waterways) Bye-laws (Cap. 29)

Regulation · Made 1968-04-25

Freeport (Removal of Refuse) Bye-laws. (Cap. 29)

Regulation · Made 1967-09-28

Freeport (Water Preservation) Bye-laws (Cap. 29)

Regulation · Made 1967-10-05

Geographical Indications Act, 2015 (No. 44 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-10-10

Good Samaritan (Food Donation) Act, 2010 (No. 8 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-06-28

Guarantee of Loans (Small Businesses) Act, 1998 (Cap. 345)

Act · Made 1998-07-24

Harbour Island and Spanish Wells Commoners Rules (Cap. 152)

Regulation · Made 1938-08-15

Health promotion and wellness Act, 2025 (No. 69 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-08-28

Health Rules (Cap. 231)

Regulation · Made 1935-04-20

Health Services Act (Cap. 231)

Act · Made 1914-06-22

Imperial Lands of the Minister of Transport Act

Act · Made 1954-07-22

Import Control (Foods, Plants and Animals) Regulations, 1993 (Cap. 298)

Regulation · Made 1972

Import Control Regulations Act (Cap. 298)

Regulation · Made 1955-06-20

Import Control Regulations (Cap. 298)

Regulation · Made 1957-12-10

Import Control Regulations (Chicken) Order, 1991 (Cap. 298)

Regulation · Made 1991-12-04

Inheritance Act, 2002 (Cap. 116)

Act · Made 2002-01-01

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2015

policy · Made 2015-11-17

International Persons Landholding Act, 1993 (Cap. 140)

Act · Made 1993-12-31

International Persons Landholding (Amendment) Act, 1995 (No. 12 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995-05-09

International Persons Landholding (Amendment) Act, 1995 (No. 32 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995-11-16

International Persons Landholding (Amendment) Act, 2025 (No. 50 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-06-27

International Persons Landholding (Amendment to Schedule) Order, 2007 (S.I. No. 61 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007-09-27

Ionising Radiations (Workers' Protection) Act (Cap. 319)

Act · Made 1967-06-27

Land Surveyors Act (Cap. 251)

Act · Made 1975-05-07

Land Surveyors Regulations (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 1975-01-01

Landlord and Tenant Act (Cap. 161)

Act · Made 1709

Landlord and Tenant (No. 2) Act (Cap. 162)

Act · Made 1730

Law of Property Act (Cap. 170)

Act · Made 1859

Law of Property and Conveyancing (Condominium) Act (Cap. 139)

Act · Made 1965-08-05

Licensed Plumbers Rules (Cap. 196)

Regulation · Made 1939-08-27

Limitation Act (Cap. 83)

Act · Made 1995-03-28

Local Government Act, 1996 (Cap. 37)

Act · Made 1996-03-05

Repealed

Local Government Act, 2024 (No. 59 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-12-18

Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 29 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-12-12

Repealed

Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 30 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-06-30

Repealed

Local Government (Town Areas and Town Committee Members) Order, 2024 (S.I. No. 102 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-12-18

Marine Mammal (Captive Dolphin Facilities) Regulations, 2005 (Cap. 244A)

Regulation · Made 2005-10-03

Marine Mammal Protection Act, 2005 (Cap. 244A)

Act · Made 2005-08-02

Marine Mammal Protection (General) Regulations, 2005 (Cap. 244A)

Regulation · Made 2005-10-03

Marine Products (Fisheries) (Amendment) Rules 1966

Regulation · Made 1966-06-17

Marine Products (Fisheries) (Amendment) Rules 1974

Regulation · Made 1974-07-30

Marine Products (Fisheries) (Amendment) Rules 1976

Regulation · Made 1976-03-22

Marine Products (Fisheries) Rules

Regulation · Made 1954-09-23

Maritime Revenue Unit Act, 2025 (No. 57 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-06-27

Maritime Security Plan 2021

policy · Made 2021

Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 268)

Act · Made 1976-11-29

Repealed

Merchant Shipping Act (No. 33 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-12-23

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. No. 16 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-02-24

Merchant Shipping (Maritime Claims Limitation of Liability) Act, 1989 (Cap. 281)

Act · Made 1989-08-17

Repealed

Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act, 1976 (Cap. 275)

Act · Made 1976-11-29

Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 11 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-08-31

Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Indemnification of Ship-owners) Regulations (Cap. 275)

Regulation · Made 1978-12-28

Merchant Shipping Regulations (Cap. 268)

Regulation · Made 1976-12-31

Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfer) Regulations, 2015 (S.I. No. 79 of 2015)

Regulation · Made 2015-10-14

Merchant Shipping (Wreck Removal Convention) Regulations, 2015

Regulation · Made 2015-10-06

Ministry of Agriculture (Incorporation) Act, 1993 (Cap. 241)

Act · Made 1993-07-30

Ministry of Environment Act No. 39 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-12-19

Ministry of Works (Governor’s Harbour) Rules (Cap. 26)

Regulation · Made 1923-12-01

Ministry of Works (Harbour Island) Rules (Cap. 26)

Regulation · Made 1914-03-14

Ministry of Works (New Providence) Rules (Cap. 26)

Regulation · Made 1934-09-15

Ministry of Works (Spanish Wells) Rules (Cap. 26)

Regulation · Made 1956-09-08

Montreal Protocol (Controlled Substances) Act (Cap. 216A)

Act · Made 2006-02-06

Montreal Protocol (Import/Export Licensing System of Controlled Substances) Regulations (Cap. 216A)

Regulation · Made 2008-10-16

Mortgage Corporation (Issue of Bonds) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1984-08-19

Mortgages Act (Cap. 156)

Act · Made 1733

Mount Thompson and Ramsey Commoners Rules (Cap. 152)

Regulation · Made 1961-07-29

National Action Programme to combat desertification in The Bahamas

policy · Made 2006-04

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 1999-06-30

National Invasive Species Strategy for the Bahamas

policy · Made 2003-03

National Investment Fund Act No. 41 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-12-29

National Maritime Instruction and Training Act (No. 54 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-07-26

National Multi-sectoral Non-Communicable Disease Strategy and Plan of Action for The Bahamas (2017-2022)

policy · Made 2017

National Policy for Fisheries and Aquaculture

policy · Made 2016-09

National Policy for the Adaptation to Climate Change

policy · Made 2005-03

Natural Gas Act (No. 10 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-03-31

Onions (Export) Rules (Cap. 242)

Regulation · Made 1942-05-02

Out Islands Utilities Act (Cap. 28)

Act · Made 1965-09-11

Partition Act (Cap. 153)

Act · Made 1890-05-16

Penal Code (Cap. 84)

Act · Made 1924-05-15

Perpetuities Act, 1995 (Cap. 114)

Act · Made 1995-02-14

Petroleum Act, 2016 (No. 2 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-03-01

Petroleum Act (Cap. 219)

Act · Made 1971-06-10

Repealed

Petroleum (Offshore Environmental Protection and Pollution Control) Regulations, 2016 (S.I. No. 39 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-07-14

Petroleum Regulations, 2016 (S.I. No. 37 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-07-14

Petroleum Regulations (Cap. 219)

Regulation · Made 1978-09-07

Repealed

Pilotage (Port of Nassau) Rules (Cap. 269)

Regulation · Made 1952-02-16

Planning and Subdivision Act, 2010 (No. 4 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-03-16

Planning and Subdivision (Application Requirements) Regulations, 2011 (No. 1 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011

Planning and Subdivision (Extension to the Family Islands) Order, 2024 (S.I. No. 101 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-12-18

Plant Protection Act (No. 6 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-20

Plant Protection (Fees) Regulations, 2023 (S.I. No. 31 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-03-31

Plantains and Bananas Order (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 1918-05-04

Repealed

Plants Protection Act (Cap. 250)

Act · Made 1916-08-01

Repealed

Plants Protection (Imports of Citrus Fruit, Plants and Other Propagative Material from Florida) Order, 1993 (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 1993-11-04

Plants Protection (Restriction on Imports of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Plants and other Propagative Materials) (Pink Mealybug) Order, 1997 (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 1997-08-15

Plants Protection (Restriction on the Movement of Seeds, Fruits, Plants and other Propagative Materials) (Citrus Canker) Order (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 2005-01-28

Plants Protection Rules (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 1916-10-07

Port Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2025 (No. 61 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-06-27

Ports Authorities Act (Cap. 269)

Act · Made 1962-05-23

Ports Authorities (Amendment) Act (No. 29 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-06-30

Prescription Act (Cap. 158)

Act · Made 1832-08-01

Prevention of Bribery Act No. 9 of 1976

Act · Made 1976-08-13

Private Roads and Sub-divisions Act (Cap. 256)

Act · Made 1961-07-31

Repealed

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

Act · Made 1965-08-05

Repealed

Probate and Administration of Estates Act, 2010

Act · Made 2010

Probate and Administration of Estates Rules, 2011 (S.I. No. 50 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011

Probate Rules (Cap. 53)

Regulation · Made 1917-10-06

Proclamation of the State of Public Emergency, 2020

Other · Made 2020-06-29

Prohibition of Importation of Poultry Order

Regulation · Made 1953

Prohibition of the Importation of Plants Order (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 1971-09-23

Repealed

Prohibition of the Importation of Plants (State of California) Order (Cap. 250)

Regulation · Made 1982-04-07

Repealed

Property (Execution of Deeds and Documents) Act, 2020 (No. 37 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-12-11

Provisional Employment Incentive Programme Act (No. 21 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-06-30

Public Boards (Divesting of Title) Act

Act · Made 1964-06-25

Public Disclosure Act No. 12 of 1976

Act · Made 1976-10-07

Public Finance Management (Environmental Health Services Levy) (Special Fund) Act, 2025 (No. 40 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-06-27

Public Market and Slaughterhouse Act (Cap. 240)

Act · Made 1947-07-02

Public Markets and Slaughterhouses Rules (Cap. 240)

Regulation · Made 1952-07-12

Public Parks Rules (Cap. 26)

Regulation · Made 1966

Public Procurement Act (No. 3 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-04-05

Public Procurement Act No. 7 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-03-26

Repealed

Public Trustee Act (Cap. 177)

Act · Made 1970-04-02

Public Trustee (Fees) Order (Cap. 177)

Regulation · Made 1971

Public Trustee Rules (Cap. 177)

Regulation · Made 1971-04-01

Public Utilities Commission Act, 1993 (Cap. 306)

Act · Made 1993-07-30

Repealed

Public Utilities Commission Regulations, 2001 (Cap. 306)

Regulation · Made 2001-10-09

Public Works Act (Cap. 26)

Act · Made 1963-12-20

Quieting Titles Act, 1959 (Cap. 393)

Act · Made 1959-07-13

Quieting Titles Rules (Cap. 393)

Regulation · Made 1969-02-19

Rabies and Hydrophobia Prevention Regulations (Cap. 246)

Regulation · Made 1965-06-19

Real Property Act (Cap. 169)

Act · Made 1845-08-04

Real Property Tax Act (Cap. 375)

Act · Made 1969-09-29

Real Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 19 of 2013)

Act · Made 2012-08-23

Real Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 29 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-08-20

Real Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 6 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-04-12

Real Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 22 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-06-30

Real Property Tax (Amendment)(No. 2) Act, 2012 (No. 6 of 2013)

Act · Made 2012-08-23

Real Property Tax (Forms and Notices) Regulations (Cap. 375)

Regulation · Made 1970-09-08

Real Property Tax (Prescribed Form) Regulations (Cap. 375)

Regulation · Made 1975-02-23

Reclamation and Drainage Act (Cap. 259)

Act · Made 1937-01-18

Registrar General Act (Cap. 186)

Act · Made 1974

Registration of Records Act (Cap. 187)

Act · Made 1928-03-26

Roads Act (Cap. 201)

Act · Made 1968-01-31

Rock Sound Commoners Rules (Cap. 152)

Regulation · Made 1938-11-01

Rule against Perpetuities (Application to Future Easements) Act (Cap. 146)

Act · Made 1963-07-31

Sale of Merchandise from Vessels (Prohibition) Act (Cap. 279)

Act · Made 1962-05-23

Savannah Sound Commonage Rules (Cap. 152)

Regulation · Made 2004-12-15

Seal Fisheries (Crown Colonies and Protectorates) Orders in Council, 1913 (Cap. 242)

Regulation · Made 1913-04-11

Repealed

Sewerage Rates Regulations (Cap. 196)

Regulation · Made 1979-10-01

Small Tenements Act (Cap. 160)

Act · Made 1906-08-23

South Eleuthera Water Supply Act (Cap. 198)

Act · Made 1962-05-23

Spirits and Beer Manufacture Act [Chapter 373]

Act · Made 1963

Spirits and Beer Manufacture (Amendment) Act (No. 18 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-06-30

Spirits and Beer Manufacture (Amendment) Act (No. 23 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-07-01

Spirits and Beer Manufacture Rules [Chapter 373]

Regulation · Made 1956

Standards Act (Cap. 338A)

Act · Made 2006-02-06

Statute of Frauds (Cap. 154)

Act · Made 1677

Sub-divisions (Local Improvement Associations) Act (Cap. 258)

Act · Made 1965

Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Rules, 2011 (S.I. No. 3 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-01-04

Tarpum Bay Commoners Rules (Cap. 152)

Regulation · Made 1926-05-01

The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute Act No. 1 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-02-25

The Bahamas National Energy Policy 2013-2033

policy · Made 2013

The Bahamas National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

policy · Made 2020

The Bahamas National Invasive Species Strategy 2013

policy · Made 2013-09

The Bahamas NDC 3.0

policy · Made 2025-10

Tourism Development Corporation of The Bahamas Act (No. 29 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-06-30

Town Planning Act (Cap. 255)

Act · Made 1961-07-31

Repealed

Town Planning Committee Rules, 2011 (S.I. No. 4 of 2011)

Regulation · Made 2011-01-04

Town Planning (Extension to Out Islands) Order (Cap. 255)

Regulation · Made 1965-03-27

Repealed

Utilities Appeal Tribunal Act (Cap. 307)

Act · Made 2009-05-29

Utilities Appeal Tribunal Rules, 2014 (S.l. No. 2 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-01-24

Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority Act (Cap. 306)

Act · Made 2009-06-15

Utilities Regulations and Competition Authority (Amendment) Act, 2010 (No. 28 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-12-22

Utilities Regulations and Competition Authority (Amendment) Act, 2011 (No. 4 of 2010)

Act · Made 2011-04-01

Utilities Regulations and Competition Authority (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 32 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-12-28

Utilities Regulations and Competition Authority (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 17 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-07-01

Utilities Regulations and Competition Authority (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 47 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-12-30

Validation of Gratuitous Conveyances Act (Cap. 145)

Act · Made 1959-09-03

Validation of Gratuitous Conveyances Act (Cap. 157)

Act · Made 1966-07-12

Veterinary Surgeons Act (Cap. 245)

Act · Made 1966-07-12

Voluntary Conveyances Act (Cap. 144)

Act · Made 1905

Water and Sewerage Corporation Act (Cap. 196)

Act · Made 1976-07-06

Water and Sewerage Corporation (Amendment) Act (No. 31 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-06-30

Water Supplies (Out Islands) Act (Cap. 197)

Act · Made 1953-05-28

Water Supplies (Out Islands) Rules (Cap. 197)

Regulation · Made 1971

Water Supply Rules

Regulation · Made 1953-06-29

Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act (Newfoundland, Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories) Order, 1936 (Cap. 242)

Regulation · Made 1936-07-03

Repealed

Wild Animals (Protection) Act (Cap. 248)

Act · Made 1968-08-14

Wild Birds Protection Act (Cap. 249)

Act · Made 1952-08-11

Wild Birds Protection Extension of Close Season) Order, 1994 (S.I. No. 24 of 1994)

Regulation · Made 1994-05-01

Wildlife Conservation and Trade Act, 2004 (Cap. 250A)

Act · Made 2004-12-31

Wildlife Conservation and Trade (Permit Fees) Regulations, 2023 (S.I. No. 33 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-03-31

Wills Act, 2002 (Cap. 115)

Act · Made 2002-01-31