This Proclamation aims at improving management and utilization of land and land resources for agricultural purposes in the Southern Nations, Nationalities And Peoples' Regional State. It applies to all land that lies outside of municipal borders. The Proclamation defines the right to acquire, free of charge, rural land by peasants, pastoralists and semi-pastoralists engaged in agriculture and the equal rights of women with respect to land and provides for the protection of such rights.

This Regulation implements provisions of the Proclamation of The Southern Nations, Nationalities And Peoples Regional State on rural land rights and use. It applies to all types of rural land and lands used for agricultural purposes in urban territory.

The President decrees to validate the Regulation and to establish that the following categories of land are not subject to sale: land of general use in the inhabited areas (squares, streets, parks, amenity forests, etc.), lands of protected areas, of cultural heritage, recreational land, agricultural land, land destined for use and protection of subsoil, contaminated areas and the plots of land of provisional tenancy.

Pursuant to Article X, Section 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, it is hereby declared as a matter of customary law that in cases involving title disputes between Iroijlablab title claimants, the Alabs of the directly affected lands shall have the ability and obligation to determine the rightful holder of the Iroijlablab title.

These Regulations amend the Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 with respect to documents to be registered in the sectional title register (reg. 13); acceptance of responsibility for correctness of facts presented for registration (reg. 16C); description and numbering of Exclusive Use Areas and requirements for the transfer of such areas (reg. 28); forms (Annexure 1); and management rules for association of owners (Annexure 8).

Amends: Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act, 1986. (1988-04-08)

Article 12 (1) shall be amended to add the following wording: “Authorized regional executive body shall publish annually by December on public land plots destined for transfer to citizens in ownership free of charge the following information: (a) number of available land plots; (b) dimensions, location and cadastre numbers of land plots; (c) authorized types of land tenure; (d) modalities, deadline for submittal of applications; and (e) means and time for contacting the official authorized to release additional information on available land plots”.

Article 3 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Minimum and maximum land plots areas of the plots of land allotted to citizens free of charge in conformity with the provisions envisaged by this Regional Law shall be 0, 1 to 0, and 2 ha”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 152-ZZK “On regulation of land relations”. (2009-03-18)

El presente Decreto reglamenta parcialmente el artículo 26 de la Ley Nº 1.151 de 2007 en lo relacionado con el subsidio integral para la adquisición de tierras y establece los procedimientos operativos. El subsidio se otorgará por una sola vez a los campesinos que no sean propietarios de tierras o que la tengan en cantidad insuficiente, que tengan tradición en las labores rurales, que se hallen en condiciones de pobreza y marginalidad o que deriven de la actividad agropecuaria la mayor parte de sus ingresos, y que se postulen libremente para recibirlo de forma individual o colectiva.

El presente Acuerdo encarga a la Unidad Ejecutora MAGAP - PRAT, la ejecución del Programa Sistema Nacional de Gestión e Información de Tierras Rurales (SIGTIERRAS), en los ámbitos técnico, administrativo, financiero, de gestión y control.

Implementado por: Acuerdo Nº 61 - Instructivo para la elaboración y aplicación del proceso de valoración de tierras requerida por la Unidad Ejecutora MAGAP – PRAT. (2009-04-23)
Implementa: Decreto Nº 1.092 - Reglamento para la aplicación del impuesto a las tierras rurales. (2008-05-18)

The objects of this Act are: (a) to create alternative forms of land title that are simpler and cheaper to administer than existing forms of land title; (b) to provide security of title for persons who live in informal settlements or who are provided with low income housing; (c) to empower the persons concerned economically by means of these rights. The Act empowers a municipality, town or village council or a regional council (for settlement areas) to establish a starter title or land hold title scheme.

Le présent arrêté détermine les limites et les aires des divisions géographiques de chacune des sections terriennes définies aux articles 2,3 et 4 du décret du 30 juillet 1986, instituant une section speciale chargée de connaître des contestations relatives aux terres de la plaine de l'Artibonite.

Met en oeuvre: Décret du 30 juillet 1986 instituant une section speciale chargée de connaître des contestations relatives aux terres de la plaine de l'Artibonite. (1986-07-30)

For the purpose of the present Act “public property” means property of the King which is used exclusively for the benefit of the State, e.g. palace; “Crown property” means property of the King other than the King’s private property and public property. Section 4bis establishes the “Crown Property Bureau” to perform duties listed under Section 5. Section 4ter establishes that there shall be a “Crown Property Board”. The text consists of 9 sections.