This Law sets forth principles and procedures of registration and demarcation of land, and the duties and authorities of the state agencies and municipalities in this respect. The Law consists of 15 Articles and 4 Sections. It contains provisions on principles of land structure and land administration, land registration, demarcation of land borders, nomenclature and classification of land, establishment of administrative units for land management, land use planning, land registry, and sanctions.

The National Land Policy was adopted by Jamaica in 1997 as a national policy for the land sector. It establishes the framework needed for Jamaica to become more progressive, transparent and modern in its approaches to land and geographic information management systems, land administration and utilization, land resources and environmental management, and land development planning. The goals and objectives of this Policy are to ensure the sustainable, productive and equitable development, use and management of the country’s natural resources.

The Land Registration Rules under Section 16 of the Land Registration Act set forth procedures and principles of land registration. Registers shall be in the appropriate form prescribed in Schedule 1. A land certificate and a certificate of lease shall be in the appropriate form prescribed in Schedule 2. Other forms required to be used under the Act shall be as prescribed in Schedule 3.

Implements: Land Registration Act Chapter 5.01. (2006-03-27)

El presente Decreto implementa procedimientos que permitan realizar en forma adecuada y expedita la elaboración, inscripción registra o protocolización de los documentos donde conste la constitución, modificación, extinción o transmisión de derechos sobre los terrenos y las viviendas construidas en el marco de la Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela (GMVV) y demás programas, planes o proyectos del Estado que tengan como objetivo la satisfacción del derecho constitucional a la vivienda y a la propiedad.

La presente Resolución modifica la que tiene por objeto unificar las actividades relacionadas a la conformación, actualización, custodia y archivo del Expediente de Restitución de Tierras, respecto a los responsables de la conformación del expediente físico de restitución de tierras que estará a cargo del profesional catastral, social, étnico y jurídico a quien se le asigne el conocimiento de cada una de las solicitudes de restitución de tierras.

This Act, consisting of 40 sections, makes provisions with respect to land tenure rights, conveyance of lands, easements, transfer of land, leases, mortgages, foreign governments right to own land and various other matters relative to the registration of titles, use of land rights, transfer of land, etc.

This Law regulates the legal relations arising in the process of development and implementation of state policy in the field of tourism, the organization and coordination of tourism activities, entrepreneurial activities in the field of tourism, types of tourism, the creation and functioning of national tourist zones, establishes requirements for the quality of tourist services, ensuring the safety of tourists, and also defines the principles of international cooperation in the field of tourism.

This Decree sets forth provisions on land classification, cadastral information system, change in the category of agricultural land and pastures, change in the category of lands affected by radioactive and chemical contamination and degraded by natural hazards, expansion of lands in forests and protected areas, and the procedures and principles for the change in the category of land. This Decree shall apply to agricultural land under the condition that the intended purpose does not change.

This Act provides with respect to the process in which the value of an interest in real property is assessed by a valuer. It also requires a Chief Valuer to be appointed within the Ministry responsible for lands and provides for the registration of valuers. The Chief Valuer is appointed by the President and shall be responsible for advising the Government on all matters relating to valuation practice and activities and be head of the Valuation Department within the Ministry.

El presente Decreto reglamenta la Ley Nº 7.658, que creó el Programa de Regularización Dominial y Asistencia para Pequeños Productores Agropecuarios y Familias Rurales. A los fines de la aplicación de estas disposiciones reglamentarias, se entiende por por pequeños productores al conjunto heterogéneo de productores y sus familias que intervienen en forma directa en la producción, aportando al trabajo físico y la gestión productiva, no contratan mano de obra permanente y cuentan con limitaciones de tierra, capital y tecnología.

The Act declares the Conveyancing Act, 1911 of the United Kingdom to be applicable to Malawi. The Act shall, however, not apply to land registered in accordance with the Registered Land Act. In the application of the said Act to Malawi, references therein to “the court” shall be construed as references to the High Court of Malawi.

El presente Decreto Supremo aprueba el Reglamento de los programas de adjudicación de lotes con fines de vivienda a que se refiere el título III de la Ley que declara de interés nacional la promoción del acceso a la propiedad formal y su inscripción registral.