The present Regional Act lays down provisions in matter of abandoned lands, uncultivated lands and lands which are insufficiently cultivated, so as to ensure the rational exploitation of agricultural lands falling within the Emilia Romagna Region and encourage the general agricultural development. First of all, articles 2 and 3 define the elements and criteria to be taken into account to determine the abandoned or uncultivated lands to which the present Act shall apply. The Provinces are in charge of the census and classification of lands.

Section 11 forms part of first paragraph (entitled “Hereditary lease”) which forms part of the third Chapter entitled “Granting of rights in respect of lands of the domain”. Section 11 regulates the use of plants and trees present on the public lands tenured in long-term lease. The tenant has the free right of exploitation or other use of trees and plants if not otherwise expressly provided in the hereditary lease order and subject to payment to the President of charges for the logging of valuable timber species.

This Act consists of 6 articles regulating the acquisition of small rural estates through usucapion. As provided for in article 2, the provisions contained in article 1159-bis of the Civil Code relating to usucapion shall apply to agricultural lands as well. Article 3 defines the procedure for obtaining the recognition of ownership rights. The occupant shall resort to the competent Judge submitting the documentation and evidence referred to in article 3, paragraph 1.

This Act lays down provisions relating to agrarian contracts, giving particular regard to lease and sharecropping. The Act is divided into three different Titles. Title I regulates lease of agricultural lands and sets out detailed rules in matter of duration (the minimum duration is up to fifteen years), tacit renewal, withdrawal and annulment. Article 8 lays down rules for determining the fair rent. Title II of the Act deals with the conversion of lease into other contracts, such as sharecropping. Article 49 (Title III) provides for the transmission of rights on lands to heirs.

The Act empowers the planning authorities to prepare development plans in order to ensure sustainable development of land. This Act shall apply to any area designated by the Minister by Notice in the Gazette. The Act establishes the Town and Country Planning Board. The Planning Authority shall prepare a development plan in respect of any area to which this Act applies. Permission of the Minister shall be required group of land or building uses which may be prescribed by Order of the Minister.

El presente Decreto Supremo aprueba el Reglamento de la Ley de Comunidades Nativas y de Desarrollo Agrario de la Selva y Ceja de Selva, que reconoce la existencia legal y la personalidad jurídica de las Comunidades Nativas, de la cual son miembros los nacidos en el seno de la misma y aquellos que, habiendo nacido en otras comunidades, residan en ella en forma permanente, así como los que sean incorporados a la Comunidad y que reúnan los requisitos que señale el Estatuto de Comunidades Nativas.

La presente Ley de Comunidades Nativas y de Desarrollo Agrario de la Selva y Ceja de Selva, tiene como finalidad establecer una estructura agraria que contribuya al desarrollo integral de las regiones de Selva y Ceja de Selva, a fin de que su población alcance niveles de vida compatibles con la dignidad de la persona humana.

La presente Ley de Comunidades Nativas y de Promoción Agropecuaria de Regiones de Selva y Ceja de Selva, tiene como finalidad establecer una estructura agraria mediante proyectos de asentamiento rural, que contribuyan al desarrollo integral de las regiones de Selva y Ceja de Selva, a fin de que su población alcance niveles de vida compatibles con la dignidad de la persona humana.

This Act deals with improving the agricultural production by means of interventions on irrigation works or the restoration of the water flow in rivers turned dry and the application of a levy on the profits arising as direct consequence of those improvements.

The Ordinance refers to a Bangladesh custom of leasing land, called barga, and to the tenant of that lease, the bargadar, who is an individual tending the land whose property belongs to a different owner. It states that cultivating land belonging to another person and sharing the resulting production is consented only under a barga contract.

This Ordinance rules that land that has not been cultivated for at least two years shall be reclaimed by the Collector for a period not longer than one year from the initial declaration of acquisition, who can lease it to anybody for cultivating crops (food crops as per art. 2, clause ii). If the owner of the reclaimed land wants it back, he must notify his decision to the Collector no later than three months before the one-year expiration date, including the deposit of 50 TK/acre.

In this Act "land development" means any act done to soil or land in order to increase its richness or quality, or to increase agricultural produce, and includes the improvement of soil or land which lacks natural fertility or lacks fertility due to its utilisation, and soil and water conservation to maintain natural balance or for suitable utilisation of land for agriculture. There shall be a committee called the "Land Development Committee" composed of ministers and Government officers.