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Ley Nº 72 - Procedimiento para la adjudicación de la propiedad colectiva de tierras de los pueblos indígenas que no están dentro de las comarcas.

Legislation
Panama
Americas
Central America

La presente Ley establece el procedimiento especial para la adjudicación gratuita de la propiedad colectiva de tierras tradicionalmente ocupadas por los pueblos y comunidades indígenas que no están dentro de las comarcas.

Implementado por: Decreto Nº 223 - Reglamento de la Ley Nº 72, procedimiento para la adjudicación de la propiedad colectiva de tierras de los pueblos indígenas que no están dentro de las comarcas. (2010-06-29)

Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972.

Legislation
Australia
Oceania

This Act, consisting of 52 sections divided into seven Parts and completed by one Schedule, provides for the establishment of an Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority and an Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Council for the purpose of providing consultative and other services and for the economic, social and cultural advancement of persons of Aboriginal descent in Western Australia and for incidental and other purposes.

Decreto Legislativo Nº 1.073 - Modifica el artículo 10 de la Ley Nº 26.505, Ley de la inversión privada en el desarrollo de las actividades económicas en las tierras del territorio nacional y de las comunidades campesinas y nativas.

Legislation
Peru
Americas
South America

El presente Decreto Legislativo modifica la Ley que establece los principios generales necesarios para promover la inversión privada en el desarrollo de las actividades económicas en las tierras del territorio nacional y de las comunidades campesinas y nativas, respecto a la necesidad que las comunidades regularicen su organización comunal para la adquisición de las tierras comunales y dispongan del voto a favor de no menos del cincuenta por ciento de los comuneros posesionarios con más de un año.

Traditional Leaders Act [Chapter 29:17].

Legislation
Zimbabwe
Africa
Eastern Africa

This Act concerns the appointment of traditional leaders and local government in Zimbabwe, in particular with regard to land and water.The Act provides for the appointment of Chiefs, Headmen and Village Heads. These local officers shall have a wide range of powers in the field of local administration regarding, among other things, grazing, allocation of communal land and communal land use, irrigation and use of natural resources. The Act also provides rules relative to Village Assemblies, Ward Assemblies, Provincial Assemblies, Councils of Chiefs and Development Committees.

Ley Nº 15.037 - Ley de Reforma Agraria.

Legislation
Peru
Americas
South America

La presente Ley de Reforma Agraria tiene como finalidad la transformación de la estructura agraria del país y la facilitación de su desarrollo económico y social, mediante la sustitución del régimen de latifundio y minifundio por un sistema justo de propiedad, tenencia y explotación de la tierra.

Revocado por: Decreto Ley Nº 17716 - Ley de Reforma Agraria. (1969-06-24)

Maori Vested Lands Administration Act 1954 (No. 60).

Legislation
New Zealand
Oceania

This Act, consisting of 3 Parts and 2 Schedules, establishes that all land which immediately prior to the commencement of this Act was vested in the Maori Trustee subject to the provisions of Part 14 or Part 15 of the Maori Land Act 1931 shall, at the commencement of this Act, become vested land subject to the provisions of this Act. On the commencement of this Act, all vested land shall cease to be subject to any trusts theretofore applying to the land, and the land shall be administered and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Decreto Ley Nº 17.716 - Ley de Reforma Agraria.

Legislation
Peru
Americas
South America

La presente Ley de Reforma Agraria considera la reforma agraria como un proceso integral y un instrumento de transformación de la estructura agraria del país, destinado a sustituir los regímenes de latifundio y minifundio por un sistema justo de propiedad, tenencia y explotación de la tierra, que contribuya al desarrollo social y económico de la Nación.

National Land Commission Act, 2012 (No. 5 of 2012).

Legislation
Kenya
Eastern Africa
Africa

This Act provides with respect to the administration, structure, operations, powers, responsibilities and (additional) functions of the National Land Commission established by Article 67 of the Constitution and for certain aspects of management and administration of land in accordance with the principles of land policy set out in Article 60 of the Constitution and the national land policy.

Decreto Nº 7.855/10 - Comisión Nacional de demarcación del hábitat y tierras de los pueblos indígenas y comunidades indígenas.

Regulations
Venezuela
Americas
South America

La Comisión Nacional de demarcación del hábitat y tierras de los pueblos indígenas y comunidades indígenas, tendrá por objeto promover, asesorar y coordinar todo lo relativo al proceso nacional de demarcación del hábitat y tierras de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas.

Implementa: Ley de demarcación y garantía del hábitat y tierras de los pueblos indígenas. (2001-01-12)

Chief’s Act (Cap. 22:03).

Legislation
Malawi
Africa
Eastern Africa

The Act makes provision for certain aspects of district administration and the recognition, appointment and functions of Chiefs and Village Headmen. The Act sets out the functions and powers of various local public officers and in particular of Chiefs. They shall carry out the traditional functions of the office under customary law in so far as the discharge of such functions is not contrary to the Constitution or any written law.

Customary Land Records Act.

Legislation
Solomon Islands
Oceania

For the purposes of this Act there is hereby established an office to be known as the Central Land Record Office which shall be responsible for the administration of the provisions of this Act and be the central repository of copies of all records of customary land holdings. These offices shall be managed by the Judicial and Legal Service Commission acting as National Recorder. Tasks of the National Recorder are set out in section 7 and include registration of customary land. "Customary land" has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 2 of the Land and Titles Act Titles.

National Land Use Policy.

National Policies
Myanmar
South-Eastern Asia
Asia

The National Land Use Policy aims at enhancing people’s food security, water resource development, improvement of transportation, economic and business development, and protection of environment and cultural heritage.