The Parliament establishes that until 30 April 2014 purchase of agricultural and forest land by foreigners shall be prohibited and purchase and sale contract related to purchase of agricultural and forest land by foreigners shall not be concluded.

Item 5 of the Article 4 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Maximum land area of the plots of land allotted in ownership or granted in accordance with other rights to citizens carrying out subsidiary small-holding shall not exceed 0,5 ha. Maximum land area can de extended by regional authorities but shall not exceed fivefold with reference to the original area of 0,5 ha.”

Amends: Federal Law No.112-FZ on subsidiary small-holding. (2003-07-07)

This Law regulates various matters relating to real property (not defined) such as disposal, registration of title and other rights, and rights in and over real estate such as liens. The Act consists of 21 Chapters divided into 5 Parts.Part 1 provides rules for the sale and acquisition of real estate. Title to real estate is acquired by sale, trade, gift or other conveyance, as provided in this Code. Separate provisions apply to the acquisition of real estate by inheritance, will, distribution of matrimonial assets, expropriation or otherwise not by conveyance.

The Law of Property Act provides for real rights, their content, creation and extinguishment and is the basis for other laws regulating real rights. Real rights are ownership (right of ownership) and restricted real rights: servitudes, real encumbrances, right of superficies, right of pre-emption and right of security. The Law consists of 9 Sections that contain 365 Paragraphs. Section 2 (Chapterss 1 and 2, Paragraphs 32- 67) regards land register.

This Act concerns validation of an unauthorized instrument executed by the Governor in respect of any land, any power, right, indemnity or waiver which that instrument purports to confer or grant. Where an unauthorized instrument executed as aforesaid purports to confer on any corporation a power to acquire land after the date of the execution of the instrument, then nothing in the above rule shall be construed as empowering the acquisition by that corporation of any land after 13 November 1943.

La presente Ley adopta el Código Agrario de la República de Panamá que tiene como fundamento regular la actividad agraria, las empresas y los contratos agrarios y el aprovechamiento sostenible del suelo, así como determinar la organización de la jurisdicción agraria.

Enmienda: Ley Nº 37 - Código Agrario. (1962-09-21)

El presente Decreto con rango, valor y fuerza de Ley que aprueba la Ley especial de regularización integral de la tenencia de la tierra de los asentamientos urbanos y periurbanos, que tiene por objeto regular el proceso de tenencia de la tierra en posesión de la población en los asentamientos urbanos y periurbanos consolidados para el debido otorgamiento de los títulos de adjudicación en propiedad de las tierras públicas y privada.

Article 88 of Water Code shall be amended to add the following wording: “Land of coastal (littoral) water conservation zones pertaining to public and municipal property can be transferred on lease exclusively for purposes established by this Water Code”. Article 60 of Land Code shall be amended to add the following wording: “Along marine shoreline and near sea gulfs shall be established protection land belt no less than two kilometres wide from waterline”.

Amends: Water Code (No.213/95-VR of 1995). (2017-05-23)
Amends: Land Code (No. 2768-III of 2001). (2001-10-20)

This Regional Law establishes cases of allotment of land plots free of charge in ownership to citizens with three and more children out of stock of public or municipal land. Land plots can be allotted to the aforesaid category of citizens for the following purposes: (a) individual housing construction; (b) suburban housing construction; (c) gardening and horticulture; (d) stockbreeding; and (e) farming.

This Regional Law establishes maximum land area limits for plots of agricultural land allotted on condition of ownership to citizens out of stock of public or municipal land as follows: (a) for peasant farming – 30 ha; (b) for horticulture, gardening, stockbreeding, suburban housing construction out of stock of low yield agricultural land – 1.500 square metres; and (c) for subsidiary smallholding – 5.000 square metres.

This Regional Law establishes the modalities of allotment of public or municipal land plots free of charge to citizens with three or more children, residing on the regional territory, and establishes minimum and maximum land areas. It shall be applicable to land plots under housing constructions. Families with three or more children under age shall be granted the right of allotment of the aforesaid plots of land free of charge once-only on condition of ownership. Minimum land area shall be 0, 04 ha and maximum land area shall be 0, 2 ha.

The purpose of the present Act is to: a) provide certainty in ownership of interests in land; b) simplify proof of ownership of interests in land; c) facilitate the economic and efficient execution of transactions affecting interests in land; and d) provide compensation for persons who sustain loss from a failure of the land registration system.