These Regulations, made under section 4 of the State Lands Act, specify in the Schedule fees that shall be paid in respect of the several matters to which they are applicable. The fees shall be payable to the Director of Surveys.

This Act provides for the administration, management and protection of state lands. It also provides that the dominion of the seashore lying between the high water mark and the low water mark belongs to and is vested in the State. The President may grant (a licence for) part of such land, and land reclaimed from the sea shall belong to and be vested in the State or the grantee.

This Regional Law establishes rules for organizations related to turnover of land parcels and shares of land parcels of agricultural land. It shall not be applicable to agricultural land allotted for subsistence farming, stockbreeding, horticulture and gardening for individual personal needs. Regional Government shall nominate authorized regional state institution competent in the sphere of turnover of agricultural land and transactions therewith. Minimum land area of agricultural land to be allotted for efficient production of agricultural commodities shall be 2 ha.

The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure reproduction of agricultural land fertility through biologization of arable farming by land owners, land tenants, including lease holders. Owners, tenants and lease holders of agricultural land shall have the following rights: (a) carry out phytoagrotechnical, phytosanitary, land reclamation and anti-erosion arrangements; and (b) have access to information related to soil fertility managed by state bodies.

Estas disposiciones introducen algunas modificaciones a la Ley Nº 113 sobre el régimen de colonización y las tierras fiscales. Las enmiendas tienen por objeto la inembargabilidad e insusceptibilidad de venta judicial de las tierras fiscales afectadas por el Poder Ejecutivo a planes de colonización, obras públicas, desarrollo rural, actividad económica estatal, urbanización o construcción de viviendas y otros fines de perfeccionamiento social, las mejoras enclavadas en éstas y los derechos y acciones que existan o pudieran existir sobre las mismas.

This Regional Law regulates relations concerning attribution to local government plenary powers related to management of public land pertaining to re-distribution land stock. In particular it envisages the modalities of auction sale of the right of lease of public land and conclusion of lease contracts. It regards transactions with agricultural land.

The Act provides with respect to the amount of compensation payable for damage to agricultural crops and fruit trees. Where the damage amounts to total destruction, the compensation shall be calculated at the rates set out in the Schedule. If the damage is partial, the compensation shall be calculated on that proportion of the amount for total destruction directly attributable to the damage as may be determined by assessors appointed by the parties within four days of the occurrence of the damage.

This Regional Law shall be aimed at the development of land relations and improvement of the mechanism of state regulation of payment of land charges. It establishes that the amount of payment for agricultural land allotted to agricultural enterprises, peasant farms, cooperatives and subsistence farms for agricultural production shall not exceed the amount of taxes applicable to land parcels allotted on lease.

Article 8 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Public land plots shall be allotted to citizens and legal persons for purposes non-related to construction in ownership, permanent (open-ended) tenancy, tenancy for a determined period free of charge or in lease in accordance with the acting legislation”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 7-2542 on regulation of land relations. (2009-11-24)

This Regional Law establishes priorities of the regional land policy as follows: (a) conservation of most valuable land; (b) conservation of agricultural land and protected areas; (c) realization of the right of regional residents to land allotment; (d) land tenure by methods ensuring conservation of ecosystem; and (e) payment of land charges for land use. Public and municipal land can be allotted to citizens in ownership, on lease, permanent (open-ended) tenancy or fixed-term tenancy free of charge.

This Act makes provision with respect tenure of land in the Western Area of Sierra Leone by non-citizen, i.e. any individual who is not a citizen of Sierra Leone, and any company, association or body of persons, corporate or incorporation if which more than one half of the members directly or indirectly are not citizens of Sierra Leone.

The present Ordinance implements the Federal Land Lease Contracts Act of 8 November 1985. In particular, the Ordinance establishes that the competent authority in Hamburg responsible for the efficient enforcement of the afore-mentioned Act is the Economics, Transport and Innovation Office.

Implements: Land Lease Contracts Act. (2006-04-13)