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Displaying 15146 - 15150 of 15550Act No. 9/II/82 on the Agricultural Reform.
This Act establishes the general bases of the Agricultural Reform. The first part deals with a historical view of Cape Verdean life illustrating the different and traditional ways of exploiting agriculture, livestock and all other resources. The Act establishes the bases for the organization and accomplishment of the agricultural reform.
Regulations on procedures of maintaining the National Land Cadastre and of conducting systematic surveys on the status of land (monitoring).
According to articles 65, 66 and 67 of the Land Code (1991), National Land Cadastre should provide information, to all citizens and every kind of organization, for the safeguard of efficient land use and land protection, for the harmonization of laws on land use and landownership, for the organization of proper use of land, as well as for the qualitative description and evaluation of the land, and for other issues related to land use. Surveys on the status of the land (monitoring) are conducted in conformity with uniform standards.
Land Proclamation (No. 58/1994).
This Proclamation introduces a general land reform in Eritrea by formulating new rules respecting land tenure and land use. The text of the Proclamation consists of a Preamble and 59 articles which are divided into 5 sections: Section One defines terms such as "usufruct", "system of land tenure" and "land administrative body".The main set of rules relative to landownership and land tenure can be found in section Two. This Section (arts.
Town and Country Planning (Urban Farming) Regulations, 1992 (G.N. No. 10 of 1993).
No person shall occupy or use more than three acres of land for urban farming. No person shall, except where that person practices zero grazing, graze his animal in an urban area (reg. 3). "Urban farming" means the carrying out of plant or animal husbandry activities as set out in the Schedule within statutory township boundaries. Regulation 4 prohibits farming which may cause nuisance in other zones as those destined for urban farming. (4 regulations)
Town and Country Planning (Public Beaches Planning Area) Regulations, 1992 (G.N. No. 76 of 1992).
The areas of land described in the Schedule are hereby declared to be planning areas for purposes of the Town and Country Planning Ordinance (para. 4). Subject to paragraphs 6 and 7 no development other than conservation and water-related activities shall be carried out within such area without a planning consent or contrary to a planning scheme prepared by the Minister (para. 5). "Water-related activities" includes tourism, aquarecreation, luxury beach hotels, boat and ship building, harbours, mining, security structures, and fishing (para. 3).