The contract concerns the management and the use of land. It consists of 6 articles, concerning, inter alia: (a) the acknowledgement by the State of the applicant's right to manage and use the land according to the laws and regulations in force on the management and use of land and forest land; (b) the use of the land in accordance with the use targets established in article 2 and the control of the proper use of land by the State; (c) the offences to be inflicted in case of infringement of the provisions stipulated in the contract.

The object of the Act is to provide a system for the registration of title to land and interests in land.

This Law is composed of 22 articles: management of public land is to be entrusted to the Director-General of Land Department (art. 3); competencies of Public Land Committees (art. 5); recommendations for land tenure and rent will be promulgated by the High Committe (art. 6); public land lease is to be authorized by the Minister of Finance (art. 7); leasing priorities: agriculture and housing (art. 8); the implementing regulations will be promulgated by the Cabinet (art. 19); Laws Nos. 14 of 1972 on forest reclamation and No. 9 of 1968 are now abrogated (art. 20).

Cette loi établit le régime relatif aux immeubles domaniaux agricoles. Elle comprend 33 articles répartis en 5 chapitres, à savoir: Dispositions générales (I); Exploitation des immeubles domaniaux agricoles (II); Aliénation en vue de la régularisation d'anciennes situations foncières (III); Echange (IV); Dispositions communes (V).

These Regulations implement the Law on Land Reclamation. They make provision for the use of state-owned land reclamation facilities by private owners of land whose land is marked with border signs and by legal and natural persons who have an agreement for the lease of state-owned land for more than three years. Agreements for use are made between District Municipalities, who may be represented by the State Land Reclamation Service, and the private landowner or the lessee of state-owned land. (8 articles)

Implements: Law on Land Reclamation (No. 1-323 of 1993). (1993-12-09)

An Act to regulate contracts of tenancy of small agricultural holdings. "Small holding" means any area of land under cultivation or pasture or intended for cultivation or pasturage, with or without buildings thereon, comprising not less that half an acre or more than ten acres in one or more parcels of land of a landlord (sect. 2). No person shall let any small holding unless a contract of tenancy has been entered into between the parties thereto. The contract shall be in writing in the form as prescribed in the First Schedule.

This Proclamation introduces a general land reform in Eritrea by formulating new rules respecting land tenure and land use. The text of the Proclamation consists of a Preamble and 59 articles which are divided into 5 sections: Section One defines terms such as "usufruct", "system of land tenure" and "land administrative body".The main set of rules relative to landownership and land tenure can be found in section Two. This Section (arts.

This Decree-Law establishes that matters concerning usufruct, lease or joint lease of rural lands, or portions of them, are under the Law Courts' jurisdiction (art. 1). This Decree-Law deals with cases in which a tenant, or usufructuary, has been evicted. It establishes defences which can be presented (with or without legal representation) to the local Law Court, according to the Civil Code (art. 2). The evicted tenant may request the temporary return of the land in compliance with arts. 393-395 of the Civil Code (art. 3).

This Act establishes the general bases of the Agricultural Reform. The first part deals with a historical view of Cape Verdean life illustrating the different and traditional ways of exploiting agriculture, livestock and all other resources. The Act establishes the bases for the organization and accomplishment of the agricultural reform.

In compliance with Act No. 15/II/82 (art. 1, para. 5) of 26 March, and with article 75, paragraph 1, point (f) of the Constitution, the Government of Cape Verde regulates the rural leasing contracts for lands not subject to expropriation, according to the Agricultural Reform Act. It also regulates rural sharecropping and rural land leasing which remain temporarily in force in compliance with articles 9 and 23 of the aforementioned Act. This Decree-Law is divided into 9 chapters concerning conditions, terms and requirements for obtaining such leasing contracts.

This Order approves the model form for rural land leasing contracts.

Implements: Decree-Law No. 38/83 regulating rural land leasing contracts. (1983-06-04)

In compliance with article 25 of Decree-Law No. 74/77, the Ministry of Rural Development establishes that when, in spite of a decision by the competent authorities (CCRA), the landowner refuses to convert sub-leasing and sharecropping contracts into leasing contracts, the authorization for such a conversion shall be granted by the president of the above-mentioned authorities.