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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Burundi, Africa, Eastern Africa

    Cette loi porte revision du Code foncier. La question foncière est un enjeu majeur de développement pour le Burundi Le pays est confronté à une importante croissance démographique, à une multiplication des conflits sur la terre liés à la perte de valeur du témoignage oral du système traditionnel, à la situation post-conflit qui voit le retour massif des réfugiés et des déplacés, ce qui accroit de plus en plus la pression foncière. De plus, le Code foncier appliqué jusqu’aujourd’hui date du 1er septembre 1986.

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    An Ordinance to make new provision for the planning and regulation of the development and use of land, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    Legislation
    Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Africa, Western Africa

    This Ordinance provides rules for the development of land and land-use planning in general and provides for control on development. It establishes the Land Planning and Development Control Board and the Planning and Development Appeals Tribunal and requires the Governor to appoint a Planning Officer. The Planning Officer may, and if so required by the Governor in Council shall, submit proposals to the Governor in Council for the preparation of a development plan.

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    Legislation
    Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa

    This Proclamation requires (future) public servants to disclose to and register with the Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission their interests in assets, including immovable property, so as to enhance transparency and accountability in the conduct of public affairs. Customary law shall not apply to matters provided for by this Proclamation. Any public office or public enterprise shall ensure compliance with this Proclamation.

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    An Act to provide for conviction-based and non-conviction-based recovery of assets and for related matters.

    Legislation
    Mauritius, Africa, Eastern Africa

    This Act provides for the recovery of moveable and immoveable assets acquired as a result of an unlawful activity and establishes an Enforcement Authority, an Investigative Agency for this purpose. It also establishes a Recovered Assets Fund. Property which is attributable to property which is recoverable may be mixed with other property where it is used for the restoration or improvement of land.

    Amended by: Asset Recovery (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012). (2012-11-08)
    Amended by: Asset Recovery (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 29 of 2015). (2015-11-27)

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    An Act of Parliament to consolidate and modify the law in Kenya relating to the avoidance of future interests in property on grounds of remoteness and governing accumulations of income from property.

    Legislation
    Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa

    This Act provides for matters relating to interests, i.e. perpetuities and accumulations in (immovable) property. It, among other things: provides for the vesting of the interests, duration, interests regarding (leases of) land, restrictions on accumulations in general, and restriction on accumulation for the purchase of immovable property.

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    Legislation
    Congo, Africa, Middle Africa

    Au sens de la présente loi, sans préjudice d’une quelconque antériorité d’occupation du territoire national, on entend par populations autochtones, les populations qui se distinguent des autres groupes de la population nationale par leur identité culturelle, leur mode de vie et leur extrême vulnérabilité. L’utilisation du terme pygmée est interdite. Elle est assimilée à l’infraction d’injure telle que prévue et sanctionnée par le Code pénal.Les populations autochtones, groupes et individus, sont libres et égaux en droits et en dignité comme tous les autres citoyens de la nation.

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    An Act to restrict the creation of settlements, trusts and future interests.

    Legislation
    Zambia, Africa, Eastern Africa

    This Act places restrictions on the creation of settlements, trusts and future interests in relation to rights in land and other property.Subject to certain exceptions, the Act prohibits the settlement of property, the limitation of any property in trust for another or any vesting in possession of property at a future date. Exceptions concern, among other things, tenancy for life and tenancy in common. The Act also defines the effects of any dispositions made contrary to this Act.

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    Decreto-Lei n. 67/2005 de 31 de Outubro.

    Legislation
    Cape Verde, Africa, Western Africa

    This Decree-Law, composed of seven articles, authorizes the concession of the right to use public maritime land located in the Island of Santa Maria. The Decree-Law defines the possible private uses arising from the concession and the rights and obligations of the beneficiaries of the concession.

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    Legislation
    Rwanda, Eastern Africa, Africa

    La présente loi porte régime foncier au Rwanda. Elle est formée par 88 articles répartis en 7 chapitres, à savoir: Dispositions générales (I); Catégorie des terres (II); Gestion, aménagement et utilisation des terres (III); Droits et obligations des titulaires de droits fonciers (IV); Prescription (V); Dispositions pénales (VI) et Dispositions transitoires et finales (VII). L'Etat dispose d'un droit éminent de gestion de l'ensemble des terres et est le seul habilité à accorder les droits d'occupation et d'usage de la terre.

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