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THE RECOGNITION OF ABORIGINAL CUSTOMARY LAWS - 762. The Scheme in Practice.
The community government scheme is still in its early stages.
Lajamanu has been operating for a number of years, but Angurugu
only since September 1982 and Milikapiti since October 1983. No
by-laws have yet come into effect. Discussions have been held at
Lajamanu about by-laws: one idea was for a by-law to make it an
offence to be drunk in a public place within the community
boundary, but the action required to put this into effect has not
been taken. [229] The Angurugu Community on Groote Eylandt has
requested by-laws to cover offensive weapons, control of dogs, petrol
sniffing and swimming in the catchment area, [230] but the community
had received no information as to when the by-laws would be drafted
and put into effect.
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