Land & Conflicts

This Ordinance provides for the constitution of the Lands Court, defines its jurisdiction, functions and duties and provides with respect to the Land Register and other matters such as offences and regulation-making powers of the Governor.The Lands Court shall, among other things: exercise supervisory jurisdiction over all lands on Pitcairn Island; cause land to be demarcated and a Register of

This Act regulates the purchase of freeholds in tenantries. A tenantry means a tenantry specified in the First Schedule (a plantation tenantry) and an area of land, including public land, subdivided before a specified date into lots for letting for specified purposes. “Tenantry” does not include land adjoining the foreshore.

This Chapter provides for procedures for the acquisition of land for public purposes by the State of Kosrae and transfer of title in public land.As for acquisition of land, the State shall conduct friendly negotiations with the owner of the land, and only after failure to acquire the land in such manner, may initiate court action aimed at expropriation.

This Act concerns the expropriation of land, which includes “any estate, term, easement, right or interest in, to, over or affecting land” (sec.1). Under section 2, the Minister has the power to expropriate any land he or she deems necessary for public purposes. The Act provides for compensation for disturbance, injurious affection of land or expropriation to be assessed and paid.

La presente codificación de la Ley de Desarrollo Agrario, tiene por objeto el fomento, desarrollo y protección integrales del sector agrario que garantice la alimentación de todos los ecuatorianos e incremente la exportación de excedentes, en el marco de un manejo sustentable de los recursos naturales y del ecosistema.El fomento, desarrollo y protección del sector agrario se efectuará mediante

This Law has been formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of stabilizing and perfecting the two-level operation system, which is based the responsibility system of contracting by households supplemented by unified management, entitling the peasants to a long-term and guaranteed right to the use of land, protecting the legal rights and interests of the parties of the contr

The declared (sect. 3) objects of the Act are: ensuring effective and ecologically sustainable management of forest resources; promotion of a sustainable commercial timber industry, and; protection and conservation of forest resources, habitats and ecosystems including the maintenance of ecological processes and genetic diversity.

Land legislation shall be based on the principles set out in article 3. In accordance with the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, land may be the state, communal, private or other forms of ownership (art. 4). Article 4 also defines state lands and communal ownership. Article 5 concerns rights of foreigners to use land.

This Act makes provision with respect to exploration for and exploitation of mineral resources, underground waters, geothermal deposits and related matters. It also empowers the Minister to regulate radioactive minerals.The Minister of Lands, Mines and Energy shall be the main administrative authority for purposes of this Act.

This Act concerns surface rights and their administration in Manitoba.

The present Law establishes legal basis of renewal, increase and protection of soil fertility of state, municipal and private land. The document consists of VI Secs. that contain 24 Arts. Section I (arts. 1-5) lays down general provisions. Section II (Arts. 6-9) regards management in the sphere of renewal, increase and protection of soil fertility. Section III (Arts.

President decrees to establish that plenary powers of the respective state executive body envisaged by the Article 10 of the Law on lease land must be carried out by the President, plenary powers of the respective state executive body envisaged by the Article 14 must be carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers; plenary powers of the respective state executive bodies envisaged by the part 2 of th