This Act makes provision for the extinction of certain areas from pastoral leases and granting them as living areas for the benefits of Aboriginal who used to be resident in those areas or to other Aboriginals. For the purpose of solving disputes related to the implementation of the Act, the Community Living Areas Tribunal is established and regulated under the Act (Part 4).

Amends: Crown Lands Act. (2014-06-02)
Amends: Lands Acquisition Act. (2016-04-06)
Amends: Mining Act. (2007-05-17)
Amends: Real Property Act. (1999-06-09)

This Act concerns the application of customary law of the people of Zimbabwe in legal proceedings at local courts. It also provides for the ascertainment of customary law, the constitution of local courts and defines their jurisdiction.The Act defines the criteria for customary law to apply in any civil case and sets out that general law of Zimbabwe shall apply in all other cases. A local court shall have no jurisdiction in any case where the claim is not determinable by customary law and any case to determine rights in respect of land or other immovable property.

This Decree, consisting of 2 articles, establishes administrative markings and specifies geographical coordinates of the the Indigenous Apurinã Land called "Apurinã do Igarapé Mucuim" in the Municipality of Lábrea, State of Amazonas. It states that the specified indigenous lands belong in a permanent way to the indigenous group of Apurinã, with a surface of 73.350 ha. within the State of Amazonas.

This Act makes provision for the establishment for regional and provincial courts by the Minister, defines jurisdiction of such courts and provides with respect to legal proceedings at such courts and related matters. Various aspects of the legal proceedings concern land or rights in land.

Amended by: Judicial Laws Amendment (Ease of Settling Commercial and Other Disputes) Act, 2017 (No. 7 of 2017). (2017)

This Act makes provision for the subdivision of land by a registered proprietor of a freehold estate or a leasehold estate in land that is subject to the Land Titles Registration Act 2008. The subdivision of land so as to provide for units shall be effected by approval under the Survey Act 2010 of a plan, which shall be drafted in accordance with this Act. Upon the approval of a unit plan, a common property in the plan vests in the body corporate created on approval of the plan.

Every landlord of an extent of paddy land in respect of which there is a tenant cultivator shall furnish in the prescribed manner the following information to the Commissioner: (a) name of the landlord; (b) name of the tenant cultivator; (c) extent of the paddy land cultivated by the tenant; (d) any other information as may be required. The maximum extent of paddy land that could by cultivated by a tenant is fixed at five acres.

This Act provides for the continuation of leaseholds and leasehold tenure as well as for the continued vesting of all lands in the President who has the power of alienation (land held under customary tenure is subject to certain conditions) (sect. 3). It also provides for the statutory recognition and continuation of customary tenure (sect. 7), for the conversion of customary tenure into leasehold tenure (sect. 8) and establishes a Land Development Fund and Lands Tribunal (Parts III and IV).

This Notice, consisting of 5 sections, establishes that a transfer of a specified estate in land is exempt from the requirements of section 156B of the Act if: (a) the land is Maori land; or (b) the transfer is a transfer of property by the Crown under a Treaty settlement Act that expressly authorises the Crown to: transfer the fee simple estate in the property; and sign a transfer instrument or other document, or do anything else, as necessary to effect the transfer.

Implements: Land Transfer Act (No. 52 of 1952). (2015-10-01)

This Act provides with respect to constitution, administration and jurisdiction of local courts and related matters. It also provides for appeal against decisions of local courts to the District Appeal Courts or to Customary Appeals Division of High Court. There is hereby established for each Chiefdom of Sierra Leone a Local Court which shall consist of a Chairman, Vice Chairman and such other members as the Minister may determine.

Certain lands being at the time state forests are transferred to national park estate and Aboriginal ownership. The lands described in Schedule 3 that are within State forests are set apart as, or as part of, flora reserves under the Forestry Act 1916. Forest agreements may be made under Part 2 with respect to particular regions of the State. A forest agreement may only be made in respect of a region that has been the subject of a regional forest assessment carried out by or on behalf of the Resource and Conservation Assessment Council.

A basic Act relating to loans, mortgages and other security interests in moveable and immovable property.

The present Act provides for the management, regulation and administration of the ownership and use of land for socio-economic development and environmental well-being of the country through efficient and effective land administration, security of land tenure, equal opportunity to land, facilitation of operation of land market, effective use of land resources and conservation of the ecosystem.