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Farm Lands Ownership Act (C.C.S.M. c. F.35).

Legislation
Canada
Americas
Northern America

This Act regulates ownership of farmlands. Section 2 provides that any of the following may, directly or indirectly, take, acquire, receive or hold an interest in farmland being; (b) a family farm corporation; (c) a municipality; (d) a local government district; and (e) an agency of government. Section 6 provides for the continuation of the Manitoba Farm Lands Ownership board. Section 8 deals with the powers of the Board.

Regional Legislative Decree No. 12/95/M approving the Land Use Planning within the Autonomous Region of Madeira (POTRAM).

Legislation
Portugal
Southern Europe
Europe

This Legislative Decree establishes Land Use Planning within the Autonomous Region of Madeira (POTRAM). It consists of 6 Chapters defining the general acctions to be performed for the planning and development of land use and soil occupation, defense and protection of environment and natural heritage, etc. The Regulation is divided as follows: General provisions, structure of territory, zoning and classification of lands (Chap. 1); Lands to be exploited (2); Agricultural and forestry lands (3); Wildlife protected areas and ecosystem preservation (4); Pipelines (5) and Urban land (6).

Loi fédérale sur le bail à ferme agricole.

Legislation
Switzerland
Europe
Western Europe

L'article 1er du 1er chapitre établit que la présente loi s'applique au bail: a) Des immeubles affectés à l'agriculture; b) Des entreprises agricoles; c) Des entreprises accessoires non agricoles mais formant une unité économique avec une entreprise agricole. Le texte comprend 61 articles divisés en 6 chapitres: Le contrat de bail à ferme agricole (2); Affermage par parcelles et affermage complémentaire (3); Fermage (4); Procédure et autorités (5); Dispositions pénales (6).

Implementation Measures of the Shanxi Province on the "Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China".

Regulations
China
Eastern Asia
Asia

These measures propose to strengthen land administration, the protection of land rights, and to improve utilization of land in Shanxi. Chapter I provides for administration of land. The local government shall restrict conversion of land for agriculture to land for construction. Chapter 2 concerns ownership of land and land use rights. The Province shall implement a land registration system in accordance with the Law. Chapter 3 makes provision for comprehensive land utilization plans to be drawn up by local governments. Chapter 4 contains provisions for the protection of farmland.

Official Reply of the State Council with regard to the approval of the Land Use Plans of Beijing.

China
Eastern Asia
Asia

Official Reply of the State Council with regard to the approval of the Land Use Plans 1997-2010 of Beijing. Beijing is the capital city of China and the political and culture center, which has large population with limited land. The Reply approves the Plans and emphasizes to strengthen the administration of land resources. By the year of 2010, the reduction of cultivated land shall not exceed 23940000 qing (= 6.6667 hectares), the basic farmland shall be 299330000 qing, the land use for construction shall be controlled within 610 square kilometers.

Agricultural Settlement (Restriction on Use of Agricultural Land and of Water) Law, 1967.

Legislation
Israel
Western Asia
Asia

Under this law a person occupying or entitled to occupy agricultural land , under a lease agreement or by authority shall not make non-conforming use of that land save under a written permit from the Minister of Agriculture (sect. 2). Under section 3, an occupier may not transfer his personal quota of water to another person or use it or permit another person to use it for the purposes of land of which non-conforming use is made, save under a special permit. Section 4 and 5 establish a Determining Committee for the purpose of this law.

Land Tax Act, 1982.

Legislation
Belize
Americas
Central America

Land includes, inter alia, lagoons and open waters. "Agricultural land" means land outside the limits of Suburban lands, Beach lands or Towns. The Chief Valuer shall be appointed for purposes of this Act under section 3. Owners of lands situated outside the town limits shall submit a return to the Chief Valuer within three months of acquisition or entry into force of the present Act as the case may be (sect. 5).

Act relative to the permission to acquire real property (Act 1992:1368).

Legislation
Sweden
Europe
Northern Europe

This Act regulates the granting of permission for the acquisition of small dwellings and agricultural units. A permission is not required by residents of the same county in which the property to be acquired lies and in the other circumstances in section 1. The permission to acquire land shall be applied for with the respective county councils in accordance with sections 3 to 8. (8 sections)

Law on Land Tax (No. I-714).

Legislation
Lithuania
Europe
Northern Europe

Land shall be divided according to its use into land used for agricultural purposes and non-agricultural land. Land owners and land users (natural and legal persons) using land on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, which has been allotted to them by State bodies or which they possess by right of ownership, shall be liable to land taxation.

Decree No. 109 of 1999 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development implementing Act No. CXLI of 1997 on real estate registration.

Regulations
Hungary
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Decree lays down detailed rules regarding the subject and content of real estate registration. It specifies one by one rights and facts that must or may be registered on property records. It also specifies the categories of real estates, such as crop field, grass land, vineyard, orchard, forest, fish pond, uncultivated land, and various kind of buildings. Real estate registration process, changing of recorded data, and the necessary documents for the registration are also described in this Decree.