En application de l’article 3 de l’ordonnance n° 62-054 du 27 septembre 1962, les dispositions particulières ci-après régissent le contrat de bail des terrains domaniaux attribués aux entreprises bénéficiant du régime de zone franche.

Les articles 46 et 47 de la présente loi fixent les conditions du bail des terrains destinés à l’aménagement des ZFI ou à l’installation d’entreprise franche pour les promoteurs étrangers.

Mis en oeuvre par: Décret n° 92-809 portant application de la loi modifiée n° 89-027 du 29 décembre 1989. (1992-09-09)

This Chapter lays down the rule that real property within the Territory of Guam is governed by the law of Guam except where the title is in the United States.

This Law establishes that agricultural land shall be exclusive property of the state and of citizens permanently living in rural areas for at least two years. Allotment in ownership and transfer of agricultural land shall be prohibited to: (a) foreign natural and legal persons, and foreign states; (b) stateless persons living on the territory of Kyrgyzstan; (c) legal persons of Kyrgyzstan and joint-ventures; and (d) married couples if one conjoint is foreigner or stateless person.

This Ministerial Decree regulates purchase and sale of agricultural land, organization of auction sale thereof, and the modalities of calculation of rent for lease of public agricultural land. Purchase and sale of the plots of agricultural land shall be carried out by the owners. In case of purchase and sale by the third parties they must be in possession of notarized letter of authorization. Agricultural land contaminated by chemicals and radioactive substances to the degree exceeding the established contamination levels shall not be subject to sale.

This Ministerial Decree validates the Regulation on transfer in lease and management of pastures and the form of contract for transfer of the plots of pasture areas. It classifies pastures as: (a) pastures for transhumance; (b) pastures for intensive management; (c) pastures located between transhumance areas and fixed pasture areas; and (d) pastures of the inhabited areas. All pasture areas shall be mapped and shall have boundaries designated afield.

These Regulations supplement the Immovable Property (Designation of Special Areas) Regulations by inserting new regulations 4 and 5. These new provisions concern further circumstances under which the Minister of Finance is entitled to issue an order designating an area as a Special Designated Area, upon application by non residents who intend to acquire immovable property.

Amends: Immovable Property (Designation of Special Areas) Regulations, 2006 (L.N. 227 of 2006). (2006)

This Law regulates property relations and classifies the types of ownership in three categories: (a) private; (b) collective; and (c) public. It establishes that the objects of property shall be land, subsoil, water resources, vegetable and animal kingdom. Plots of land and vegetation thereon can pertain to private ownership. Land, subsoil, water, forests and other natural resources shall be public property. Foreign land tenure shall be authorized except for agricultural land and forest land.

This Act provides rules relative to the holding of title and other rights in land by persons other than a permanent resident or other than persons acquiring land or an interest in land under a devise or by inheritance (“Non-Bahamian”) and makes provision for control by the State on the holding of title in land in the Bahamas by foreigners. Acquisition of land, other than by non-Bahamians, shall be registered with the Secretary of the Investments Board, which is established under this Act.

The principal Act is amended by the insertion of a subsection (4(4)) on the power of the Investment Board to validate, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit, any purported conveyance, mortgage, transfer of mortgage or other acquisition of an interest in land made contrary to subsection (1) of section 4 by issuing a permit to the non-Bahamian. Subsection (1) of section 4 requires a non-Bahamian who wishes to acquire land or an interest in land either by way of freehold or leasehold, which acquisition is not within section 3(1), to obtain a permit from the Board.

The principal Act is amended by the insertion of a new section (7A) regarding the exemption of religious organizations from the requirement a certificate of registration or the grant of a permit in respect of the acquisition of immovable property.

Amends: International Persons Landholding Act, 1993 (Cap. 140). (2009)

This Order deletes and substitutes Form 1 and Form 3 of the Schedule to the International Persons Landholding Act. Form 1 concerns the application for a certificate of registration and specifies conditions for such certificate. Form 3 concerns the application for a permit to acquire immovable property.

Amends: International Persons Landholding Act, 1993 (Cap. 140). (2009)