La présente loi fixe le cadre qui détermine les différents statuts des terres et pose les principes qui doivent les présider. La loi, par la suite, énumère les différents statuts des terres en donnant leur définition, consistance, régime juridique et mode de gestion. Ces statuts concernent notamment : les terres dépendant des domaines de l’Etat, des collectivités décentralisées et des autres personnes morales de droit public ; les terrains des personnes privées et les terrains constitutifs d’aires soumises à un régime juridique de protection spécifiques.

This Regional Law envisages the following cases of expropriation, including repayment, of public and municipal land for public purposes: (a) for public institutions; (b) prevention of environmental and technological disasters; (c) formation of protected areas; and (d) protection of traditional residential areas and way of life of small ethnic communities of the Russian Federation.

This Act, consisting of three Parts completed by eight Schedules, provides for the transfer of certain lands, including certain state forests, to the national park estate or to aboriginal ownership. The borders of the areas transferred are indicated in the schedules attached to the Act.

This Regional Law determines areas of compact habitation of small indigenous peoples of the North defined as areas of permanent living and performance of traditional economic activities as a form of community management.

The Act consists of 247 sections divided into 28 Parts: Preliminary (II); Administration (II); Settlement of unregistered documentary titles (III); Systematic settlement (IV); Purchase or lease of customary land by private treaty and compulsory acquisition of land (V); Organization and administration of land registries (VI); Land Ownership (VII); Registration (VIII); Searches and certified copies (IX); Estates (X); Leases (XI); Charges (XII); Transfers (XIII); Control of advertisement (XIV); Easements and profits (XV); Public rights of way (XVI); Restrictive covenants (XVII); Co-ownership a

This Act provides for the creation and management of protected areas, in particular of Natural Environment Recreation Parks, Outdoor Recreation Parks, Community Parks, Wayside Parks, and Historic Parks. The Act also concerns aboriginal land claims settlements (sect. 4), duties and responsibilities of park officers, and the management of parks.

This Act revokes the reservation of certain areas of land as national parks and nature reserves, as made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. Land within Botany Bay National Park is vested in Crown as Crown land. Lands whose reservation has been revoked are vested in the Minister responsible for the administration of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. Under section 6, native title rights and interests are not affected by the provisions of the Act.

This Chapter provides for public access to the ocean shore, i.e. land between the mean low waterline and series of lines connecting angle points prescribed in section 3. Extensive areas of ocean shore are inaccessible to the public due to the absence of public rights-of-way and the ocean is a vital part of the patrimony of the people of Guam and is a major source of recreation and livelihood. In order to safeguard access to the ocean shore this Chapter provides for protection and maintenance of traditional rights of way to the ocean.

This Chapter provides for the management and other matters of Government land. It consists of 8 Articles divided into sections. Article 1 contains general provisions. The Department of Land Management shall have authority of all government real property for purposes of this Chapter. The Director of Land Management may, when necessary, reserve or set aside government real property not reserved by law for specific public use for the future use of any other department or agency of the government pursuant to section 5.

This Chapter provides for various matters regarding the Chamorro Land Trust Commission, for the grant of leases to a native Chamorros and relates matters and provides for loans for the development of Chanorro communities and lands and for the establishment of various Funds for these purposes. There is within the government of Guam the Chamorro Land Trust Commission. The Commission shall grant leases and otherwise be responsible for the development of Chamorro lands.

This Chapter provides for various matters relative to title in ancestral and for the creation of the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission. Ancestral Lands shall mean those lands owned privately by residents of Guam on or after January 1, 1930. Section 2 affirms responsibility of the government of Guam to enforce rights in private property, as a civil right, pursuant to the laws of the United States of America applicable to Guam and the Laws of Guam and provides otherwise for the recognition of ancestral land rights.

The purposes of this Act are: to encourage greater participation by local people in the national economy, to make better use of land, to create greater certainty of title, and to provide for better and more effectual settlement of disputes. The Minister may appoint a Registrar of Incorporated Land Groups under section 3. Part III concerns the recognition of customary corporations by the Registrar. Applications for recognition may be made by "customary groups" under section 5. Section 7 provides for the Register of Incorporated Land Groups.