Fijian Affairs Act Chap. 120.

This Act provides for the establishment of the Great Council of Chiefs and its Board which shall be responsible for the benefit, peace, order, good governance and wellbeing of every member of an aboriginal race indigenous to Fiji and to Melanesia, Micronesia or Polynesia living in Fiji who has elected to live in a Fijian village. The Board may, subject to the approval of the Minister, make regulations to be obeyed by all Fijians, on the matters including but not limited to: (I) the constitution, powers, duties and functions of Provincial Councils; (II) the imposition, assessment and collection of rates and the charging of fees by the Provincial Councils; (III) the jurisdiction, powers and procedure of Fijian courts and magistrates in civil and criminal matters; and (IV) the recruitment, training and appointment of officers to carry out functions under the provisions of this Act.
This Act also lays down provisions on the establishment of the Provincial Council and other councils; procedures with respect to Bills affecting the rights and interests of Fijians, and especially any Bill imposing taxes to be paid by them or relating to their chiefs, local authorities or land; appointment, powers and duties of rokos; appointment, jurisdiction and powers of Fijian magistrates; appeal from a tikina court to the provincial court of the province; and appeal in both civil and criminal matters from a provincial court to the Supreme Court. This Act shall not apply to the island of Rotuma.