This Act makes provision for a wide variety of matters relating to land tenure and reform in Lesotho including the definition of rights in land, allocation of land in rural areas, grant of title in land, vesting of land in authorities, government acquisitions and acquisition and expropriation of land for public purpose, grant of long-term leases and regularization and adjudication of title in land, including resolution of disputes by specialized land courts established under this Act. All land in Lesotho is vested in the Basotho Nation and is held in trust by the King.

The Act, consisting of 27 sections, provides for the transfer of the lands reserved for the use of aborigines at Framlingham and Lake Tyers to the Framlingham and Lake Tyers reserves, whose operation is regulated under the Act.

The main purpose of this Act is to implement section 56(1)(b) (other rights and privileges of citizens) of the Constitution by defining: (a) the forms of ownership that are to be regarded as freehold; and (b) the corporations that are to be regarded as citizens, for the purposes of implementation of provisions regarding freehold ownership rights.

This Regional Law establishes that indigenous peoples abazin, counting the population of 50 thousand persons, maintain traditional way of life and traditional community management, traditional knowledge based upon traditional nature management inherited from their ancestry. It shall be applicable to areas traditionally populated by indigenous peoples abazin performing traditional community management of their economic activities.

These Regulations, made under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, consisting of 117 sections divided into ten Parts and completed by seven Schedules, establish the provisions relating to land including the exemption of Aboriginal lands from the payment of rates; Local Aboriginal Land Councils; New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council; Investment of money in New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Account; Honesty and disclosure of interests including codes of conduct; Administration of Councils; Dispute resolution; Land dealings, etc.

This Act amends Chapter 75 of Title 21 GCA so as to allow residential and agricultural leaseholders are authorized to conduct small-scale cottage industry activities, in which goods and services are produced primarily within their leased residential and agricultural lots. Cottage industry activities include small-scale cultivation and farming.

Amends: Chamorro Land Trust Commission – Chapter 75 of 21 GCA “Real Property”. (2006-04-14)

This Act repeals the Land Tribunal Act. Vanuatu enacted on 16 January 2014 the Custom Land Management Act 2013, which assigns a role in customary land disputes to nakamals and custom area land tribunals.

Repeals: Customary Land Tribunal Act (Cap. 271) (2006)

This Act strengthens the legal framework concerning title to custom land and concerns management of custom land by customary institutions. It formalizes the recognition of customary institutions termed ‘nakamals’ and ‘custom area land tribunals’ to determine the rules of custom which form the basis of ownership and use of land in Vanuatu. In general the Act aims at holding of custom land by owners as a group. Custom land means land owned or occupied, or land in which an interest is held, by one or more persons in accordance with the rules of custom.

This Act amends the Custom Land Management Act with respect dispute resolution regarding custom land.

This Act contains provisions pertaining to five different Acts: The Ashanti Stool Lands Act, 1958 (No. 28); The Stool Lands Act, 1960 (Act 27); The Administration of Lands Act, 9162 (Act 123); The Concessions Act, 1962 (Act 124); and The Minerals Act, 1962 (Act 126).

Amends: Concessions Act, 1962 (Act No. 124). (1962-06-14)
Amends: Administration of Lands Act, 1962. (0000)

La Ley consta de 13 artículos, 3 disposiciones complementarias, 4 finales y 2 transitorias. La Ley establece los principios generales necesarios para promover la inversión privada en el desarrollo de las actividades económicas en las tierras del territorio nacional y de las comunidades campesinas y nativas (art. 1º).

El presente Decreto tiene por objeto definir los parámetros y el procedimiento que los Resguardos Indígenas o las asociaciones de resguardos deberán cumplir para acreditar la experiencia y/o buenas prácticas como requisito para la ejecución directa de los recursos de la Asignación Especial del Sistema General de Participaciones.