This Act concerns the protection of tenants in Sri Lanka. Landlords of premises are forbidden from using or threatening force or violence against tenants or persons in occupation of premises (sect. 2). A court order is required to eject a tenant from premises (sect. 5). There are provisions…

The Law provides for the application of taxes on lands on which have been carried out interventions financed wholly or partly by State funds (road building, water or electricity supplies, etc. etc.) that improved them. The rate tenants or owners have to pay is calculated as 50% of market value…

The present Law introduces some amendments to the Law of 16 October 1979 on Assignment and Reclamation of Lands in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In particular, the amendments consists of detailed provisions on types and size of lands, formation of the decision making council, dispute settlement…

The purpose of this Regulation, which consists of 2 articles, is to amend the Law of 15 May 1960 on Land Reform in few detailed provisions, as well as add supplementary provisions to the Law. The Regulation obliges the land owners as well as authorities to prepare the official documents of…

The Regulation, which consists of 8 articles, lays down provisions relating to the expansion of green spaces in the urban areas. The Regulation prohibits cutting trees in public areas, gardens and parks within the boundaries of the cities. Any violation of the provisions of this Regulation shall…

This Act amends the Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003 by inserting two new sections 10A and 10B providing for dispute redressal in respect of lands having an extent of not more than two hectares and for the constitution of the Ecologically Fragile…

Section 2 (definitions) is amended by adding definitions of "boundary", and "plot". Section 3 is amended by providing anew for the power of the Government to issue orders for the measurement and survey of lands and the correction of mistakes in survey by the Survey Officer.…

The Law provides for the Constitution of the Board of Management of the Urban Development Authority, its functions and main tasks being those of helping out the development of parcels of land by improving or building infrastructures, by implementing the use of urban land, by developing…

Section 2 (definitions) is amended by adding definitions of "survey and measurement", and "registered records". Section 7 is completely rewritten It provides for the circumstance in which the effective boundaries of a recorded area are not corresponding with the actual survey…

This Act is to provide for the reservation of certain State lands as pasture land. The Minister may by Order published in the Gazette declare any State land to be reserved as pasture land (sect. 2). There are provisions regarding the power of entry and inspection of the Land Commissioner (sect.…

After the Revolution, in 1979, the Government authorized farmers to temporarily farm in some abandoned lands. The Regulation, which consists of 31 articles, aims to transfer the ownership of these lands to the farmers in return of monthly installment of the land’s actual value. Accordingly, the…

The purpose of this Act, which consists of 14 Articles, is to determine the boundary of the coastal zone and inland as well as to regulate provisions regarding their ownership and use. According to the Act, any construction in the determined limit of the coastal zone and inland is prohibited…