This Act concerns judicial sales of property including agricultural crop. It gives rules for the seizure and execution by way of sale. At any time, while the execution debtor remains in possession of the property seized, as judicial sequestrator, any creditor may obtain an order for the sale of part or of the whole of the crop of the said property. All sums of money which shall have been advanced by any sequestrator in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be a privileged claim on the crop of the property.

This Act provides rules for the registration of rights in land in the Seychelles. There shall be a Land Registry and an (appointed) Land Registrar. The Act also concerns the effect of registration, conversion of qualified title into absolute title, co-ownership and partition of land, registration of rights held by foreigners and the form of transfer of various rights in lands. The provisions of this Act shall apply to usufructuary interests in the same manner as they apply to leases.

This Act provides for the grant by the Government of perpetual leases, i.e. leases of State land granted for the purposes of land settlement, which shall endure in perpetuity unless they lapse or are terminated or surrendered. Perpetual leases of State land may be granted for purposes of land settlement and shall be subject to terms and conditions stated in them and in provisions of this Act. Transfer, mortgage, etc. of a lease shall be subject to permission of the Government.

This Act provides rules for the registration of mortgages and provides for the continuation of the Mortgage and Registration Office. The Act defines the legal effects of the transcription of a mortgage. The Act also provides for the registration of other rights on land including: (a) every deed of transfer inter vivos of any immovable property: (b) every deed constituting any pledge of immovable property or any servitude over or right of use in any immovable property; (e) every judgment of adjudication; (f) every lease of rural property.

The Act amends the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991 in relation with succession and rent review and the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 by adding a new provision to section 9 on the review of rent under limited duration tenancies.

The Decree issues the tables containing the average farmland rent values per acre for agricultural land lease, as well as the presumptive rent deriving by the free of charge concession of agricultural land to any third person, for all the regions and prefectures of the state.

These Regulations amend the Registration Duty Act in Part VII of the First Schedule (which specifies rates of registration duty) and in the Second Schedule in item 4A. The Second Schedule concerns calculation of the value of property for duty purposes.

Amends: Registration Duty Act. (2007-08-22)

The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure rational land tenure, protection of land rights of citizens, improvement and state regulation of land relations. This Regional Law shall be applicable to land ownership, land tenure, tenancy of land parcels and land shares. It establishes minimum and maximum parcels of agricultural land that can be owned by a single natural and legal person, minimum period of lease of agricultural land.

This Act prescribes matters concerning court proceedings required for changes to be made to land lease terms and prescribes special provisions concerning the duration and effect of land lease rights and of building lease contracts.

These Regulations amend the Land (Duties and Taxes) Act in the Second Schedule by adding at the end of the Schedule a note on the definition of the date of transfers of specified transactions of purchase, including transfer by a lessee who is the holder of a new lease pursuant to section 6(1E) of the State Lands Act or section 10(3B) of the Pas Géométriques Act. Schedule 2 specifies rates for purposes of section 4(4) of the principal Act.

Amends: Land (Duties and Taxes) Act 1984. (2007-08-22)

This Act makes provision with respect to small holdings i.e. any land or parcel of land with or without a dwelling house or other building erected or to be erected thereon not exceeding in all five acres in area let for agricultural purposes and of a specified maximum total value. The Act specifies the (contractual) rights of a tenant of a small holding including the use and enjoyment of all ground crops, plants, fruit trees or other trees. The Act also specifies rights of the landlord and provides with the resolution of disputes between the parties to any contract under this Act.

This Act makes provision with respect to security of tenure. It provides for the protection of tenants by defining their rights and by allowing statutory tenants to register with the Registrar of Tenants' Rights appointed under this Act. The Registrar may require the Government to compulsory acquire premises under the Lands Acquisition Act for purposes of protection of rights of an applicant for registration. The Registrar may apply to the Registrar General for the subdivision of any land where the Minister certifies that the subdivision is desirable to give effect to this Act.