This Act provides the restrictions on the acquisition of immovables arising from public interest. For the purposes of this Act, public interest is, in particular, development of the management for specific purposes of immovables used as profit yielding land which contain usable agricultural area or parcels of forest land.

This Proclamation provides for a new system of administration for rural land management and use and for sustainable rural land use planning based on the different agro-ecological zones of the country necessary for the conservation and development of natural resources. This Proclamation shall apply to any rural land in Ethiopia, i.e.

This Act deals in a comprehensive manner with the settlement of disputes regarding disputes as to interests in customary land, or as to the position of boundaries of any customary land by adjudication or alternative dispute resolution.Its 75 sections are divided into 7 Parts: Preliminary (I); Provincial Land Disputes Committees (III); Mediation of land disputes (IV); Local Land Courts (IV); Provincial Land Courts (V); Offences (VI); Miscellaneous (VII).“Land” includes: a) a reef or bank; (b) a house or other structure built on land or over water; (c) things growing on land or in water over

This Act establishes the land Titles Commission as an independent judicial tribunal for the resolution of disputes of rights in land, including an interest in land, whether arising out of and regulated by custom or otherwise, provides for judicial procedures and the extra-judicial settlement of disputes and some other matters. The Land Titles Commission for Papua New Guinea is established under section 3. The Chief Commissioner is responsible for the administration of the Commission and the co-ordination of the work of the Commissioners.

This Act provides for the establishment of Village Courts, defines their functions and jurisdiction and defines the relationship between village courts and other courts.The Minister may, by Notice in the National Gazette, establish a Village Court in and for an area specified in the Notice. A Village Court shall be constituted by Village Magistrates. The Village Courts shall have a well-defined civil jurisdiction in respect of disputes regarding land. The Village Courts shall also have specified criminal jurisdiction.

This Act of New Zealand, consisting of 24 Parts and three Schedules, provides for matters of government of the Cook Islands, for various matters of general law of the Cook Islands and for the administration of various matters relating to public and private land.The Act provides for the institution of Island Councils and the High Court of the Cook Islands. It defines criminal offences and prescribes criminal procedures.

This Act makes provision, in 23 Chapters, for the management and conservation of forest resources of Liberia, defines ownership rights and other rights in forests, regulates commercial and other use of forests resources, provides for the protection of the environment and wildlife in forests, regulates the trade in forest products and provides for various other matters relative to forestry and wildlife.The Act defines the principles of forest management and conservation to be undertaken by the Forestry Development Authority.

This Act amends the Leases Restrictions Act 1976 in section 2 by the defining "Minister" as the Minister of Justice. It also redefines the functions of Leases Approval Tribunal, repeals section 6 inserts a new section by stipulating that nothing in the Unit Titles Act 2005 shall affect the principal Act.

Amends: Leases Restrictions Act (Act No. 22 of 1976). (1976-11-30)

This Act, consisting of 206 sections divided into 14 Parts, provides for the appropriate and orderly planning and for the control of the use and development of land. Under the Act, a Northern Territory Planning Scheme has to be elaborated and implemented and the Act contains provisions on the application for and granting of permits and authorizations related to land development. The Act establishes the Development Consent Authority and regulates its composition and operation and provides for the solution of disputes that might arise from the implementation of the Act.

This Law amends Legislative Decrees No. 8 of 1970 on the appropriation of lands for public utilities, 13 of 1977 and 2 of 1994 on architectonic planning, and 3 of 1994 on land division destined for the development and reconstruction and No. 2 of 1996 on as the following: the phrase the “Ministry of Housing” shall replace the phrase the “Competent Ministry for Municipality Affairs” mentioned in the Legislative Decrees No. 8 of 1970, No. 2 of 1994 and No.

This Act provides for various aspects relative to dealings in land in Rotuma and provides for the appointment of the Rotuma Lands Commission. The Commission shall ascertain (traditional) land rights, resolve disputes relative to land rights, demarcate land and register land rights (sect. 4). All land found by the Commission to be un-owned shall vest in the Crown in trust for the Rotuman people, but shall not be considered to be Crown land. All moneys derived from such un-owned land shall be paid into the Rotuman Development Fund and be used for the purposes of that Fund.

A Commission is established to review all land leases prior to execution to ensure that the interests of all relevant landowners and successors in interest are adequately safeguarded and protected. The review serves the purpose of avoiding land right disputes mainly involving foreign investors and (local) landowners and successors in interest. The Commission shall be headed by the Attorney-General. The Commission shall approve and submit to the Clerk of Court for filing, only those land leases which are in compliance with the provisions of section 404.