Immovable Property (Tenure, Registration and Valuation) Law (No. 8/1953).
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The 85 sections of the Law are divided into 5 Parts: Preliminary (I); Tenure (II); Registration (III); Valuation (IV); Miscellaneous (V).As far as the text is available, the Law deals, inter alia, with the extent of private ownership (sect. 5), the vesting of waters in the Crown, adverse possession, easements, right of irrigation.
Amended by: Immovable Property (Tenure, Registration and Valuation) Law (Amendment) (No. 3) 2016 (No. 67(I)/2016). (2016-04-28)
Amended by: Immovable Property (Tenure, Registration and Valuation) Law (Amendment) (No. 2) 2016 (No. 66(I)/2016). (2016-04-28)
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