Compulsory acquisition is the power of government to acquire private rights in land for a public purpose, without the willing consent of its owner or occupant. This power is known by a variety of names depending on a country’s legal traditions, including eminent domain, expropriation, takings and compulsory purchase.
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Library ResourceLegislationJuly, 2017Uganda
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesLegislationMay, 1960Ethiopia
Preface: "The Civil Code has been promulgated by Us at a time when the progress achieved by Ethiopia requires the modemisation of the legal framework 01 Our Empire's social structure so as to keep pace with the c1umpn, circumstances of ehis world of today. In order to consolidate the progreu already achieved and to facilitate yet further growth and development, precise and detailed rules must be laid down regarding those problems which do not only jace the individual citizen bue ehe nation. as a whole.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesLegislationMay, 2012Kenya
This is Kenya's general land code.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesLegislationSeptember, 2012Kenya
This was Kenya's law on expropriation from 2010-2012 - it was repealed by the 2012 Land Act.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesLegislationJune, 1965Malawi
This is the general land legislation of Malawi.
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Library ResourceLegislation & PoliciesLegislationJanuary, 1994Eritrea
"Now, therefore, the Government of Eritrea has promulgated a Proclamation aimed at reforming the system of land tenure in Eritrea, determining land use, determining the manner of expropriating land to be utilized for development and national reconstruction, and determining the powers and responsibilities of the Land Commission."
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(No. 4 of 1999).
LegislationMay, 1999TanzaniaAn Act to provide for the basic law in relation to land other than the village land, the management of land, settlement of disputes and related matters.
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Chapter 210
LegislationOctober, 1942TanzaniaAn Act to make provision relating to chattel securities and the transfer of chattels.
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Chapter 393
LegislationJuly, 1963TanzaniaAn Act to convert freehold estates in land into leasehold estates and to provide for the corresponding diminution of other estates and interests in and over land, to declare the incidents of such leasehold estates and to provide for the development of land.
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Chapter 118
LegislationDecember, 1967TanzaniaAn Act to provide for the compulsory acquisition of lands for public purposes and in connection with housing schemes.
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