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Land Code defines the basic directions of State regulatory system improvement concerning land relations, development of various organizational and legal forms of land economy, fertility of land, improvement of land use efficiency, protection and improvement of the environment – favourable for human life and health, and the legal framework concerning the protection of the land rights. Ownership, use and disposition of land must not damage the environment, security and defensibility of the State; must not violate rights and legally defined interests of citizens and other entities. The Law consists of 24 Sections that contain 119 articles. Section 1 (arts. 1-5) lays down general provisions. Section 2 (arts. 6-8) classifies land by categories. Section 3 (art. 9) deals with agricultural land. Section 4 (arts. 10-12) deals with residential land. Section 5 (art. 13) deals with subsoil. Section 6 (arts. 14-18) deals with lands of energy, communication, transport and public infrastructure facilities. Section 7 (arts. 19-23) deals with land of protected areas. Section 8 (art. 24) deals with special purpose land. Section 9 (arts. 25-27) deals with forested, water and reserved land. Section 10 (arts. 28-35) deals with management of land resources. Section 11 (arts. 36-38) deals with protection of land. Section 12 (arts. 39-43) establishes control over the implementation of the land code, deals with land use and protection. Section 13 (arts. 44-54) establishes the rights of citizens and legal entities to land. Section 14 (arts. 55-60) regards land property of citizens and legal entities. Section 15 (arts. 61-74) deals with alienation of state and community land. Section 16 (arts. 75-83) concerns allocation of land areas in tenancy from the stock of public and community land. Section 17 (arts. 84-90) concerns land turnover. Section 18 (arts. 91-97) concerns the particulars of turnover of agricultural land. Section 19 (arts. 98-99) establishes the modalities of reimbursement of agricultural and forest economy losses in the process of expropriation of land. Section 20 (arts. 100-108) deals with termination and restriction of land rights. Section 21 (arts. 109-112) establishes rights and liability of landowners and tenants. Section 22 (arts. 113-114) regards dispute settlement. Section 23 (arts. 115-116) establishes liability for the violation of land legislation. Section 24 (arts. 117-119) lays down conclusive and transitional provisions.
Amended by: Law No. ZR-296 amending Land Code (No.185 of 2001). (2002-03-02)
Repeals: Law of the Republic of Armenia about Property in the Republic of Armenia, 1990. (1990-10-31)
Repeals: Decree No. 44 on the implementation of the Land Code of the Republic of Armenia. (1991-02-04)
Repeals: Land Code of the Republic of Armenia, 1991. (1991-01-29)
