This Law, consisting of five Chapters, regulates the requirements to transfer the land ownership of any immoveable property. It specifies terms and conditions to deal with land, benefits from the land, building and things constructed or situated on that land and things installed on those buildings. It establishes land property restrictions, registration, offences and penalties.

Amended by: Law Amending the Transfer of Immoveable Property Restriction Law (The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 1/2005). (2005)

Las presentes disposiciones establecen el marco normativo que regula la adquisición, la administración y los actos de disposición de las tierras fiscales. Dichas facultades serán ejercidas a través del Ministerio de Tierras y Colonización.

This Act stipulates that no dealings in agricultural land, i.e. sale, transfer, lease of more than five years, exchange partition, division, etc. shall be contracted with a person not being a citizen of Botswana unless the Minister has given his/her consent to that transaction (sect. 3). This rule does not apply to companies registered under the Companies Act. Proposed transactions of this kind shall be advertised in accordance with section 5. Section 7 sets out criteria for decision making of the Minister with respect to the granting of consent.

This Decree Law is composed of 8 articles. Article 1 defines requirements and conditions for the possession and acquisition of lands and buildings by physical and juristic citizens from Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Article 3 deals with the transfer of the ownership of lands acquired in accordance with this Decree Law. Articles 5 and 6 pertain to the expropriation and registration of lands acquired by citizens of the GCC.

This Act makes provision in respect of trusts and trustees and various provisions deal with rights in land and mortgages on land. The Act, among other things, specifies authorized investments, defines powers and duties of trustees, provides rules for the purchase and sale by trustees and defines powers of court in respect of trusts and trustees and in particular where a trustee entitled to or possessed of any land.

This Act regulates the administration and management of land ownership.The Act provides for: the alienation of State Land; issuance of title and registration; conditions on which land shall be held and reservations to the Government; declaration of Township; penalties for offences relating to unlawful occupation of State Land; etc.

Amended by: Land Code (Amendment) Order, 2009. (2009-06-30)
Amended by: Land Code (Amendment) Order, 2016 . (2016-06-02)

Act containing the Land Code and making transitional and other provisions in relation with the introduction of the Code.

This Law determines tenure regimes and property relations in the Republic of Moldova. Property rights may be exercised on land, undergroundwaters, flora and fauna, immovables, equipment, elements of "spiritual and material culture", money, securities as well as on intellectual property. It is divided as follows: General provisions (chap. 1); Private property (chap. 2); Collective property (chap. 3); State property (chap. 4); Property of foreign states, citizens and legal persons, of international organizations and of persons without citizenship (chap.

This Act makes provision with respect tenure of land in the Western Area of Sierra Leone by non-citizen, i.e. any individual who is not a citizen of Sierra Leone, and any company, association or body of persons, corporate or incorporation if which more than one half of the members directly or indirectly are not citizens of Sierra Leone.

The Act provides with respect to the holding of rights in land and mortgages by foreigners in Grenada. It also provides for forfeiture of illegally-held land and shares of companies that do not comply with the provisions of this Act. The Minister may, if he or she thinks fit, from time to time, grant to any alien a licence to hold land as owner or tenant for any estate or interest either subject to any condition (or not) or grant to an alien a licence to hold land as mortgagee for any estate or interest therein.

This Act makes provision with respect to validation of dispositions relating to land in The Bahamas made by or to a foreign company not registered under the Foreign Companies Act.

This Act, consisting of 13 Parts and eight Schedules, is a piece of basic legislation on land law covering all aspects of the registration and transfer of title to land.