The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and several development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, academic and research institutions, donors…
This Act makes provision for the payment of compensation for withholding of property by persons acting in collusion with tenants and for the recovery of non-paid rent. The Act also makes provision for the renewal of leases without the surrender of land.
This Legislative Decree aims at the regulatins of unregistered land sale contracts. The present Decree is composed of 10 articles. Article 1 deals with the scope of the Decree. Articles 2-5 provide for the establishment of the Dispute Settlement Committee and lay down its competencies and duties…
The purpose of this Decree is to regulate land survey and land registration by establishing the Land Survey and Registration Bureau. The present Decree is composed of 7 articles. Article 1 provides for the establishment of the Bureau. Article 2 deals with the nomination of the President of the…
This Legislative Decree aims at regulating the right of disposal over private state ownership lands. The present Legislative Decree is composed of 7 articles. Article 1 defines private state ownership lands. Articles 2-4 prohibit the disposal of private state ownership lands by State Bodies,…
This Law aims at regulating land survey and land registration. This Law is composed of 8 Chapters divided into 79 articles. Chapter 1 deals with Sheets and authoritative entry. Chapter 2 provides for land ownership rights. Chapter 3 refers to disposal of land rights to be recorded in the Land…
This Decree aims at regulating land surveys. The present Decree is composed of 3 articles. Article 1 provides for the establishment of the Survey Department. Article 2 submits the aforementioned Department to the Ministry of Housing. Article 3 entrusts the Minister of Housing with the…
The aim of this Legislative Decree is to regulate the appropriation of land by foreigners. The present Decree is composed of 5 articles. Article 1 allows foreigners to appropriate lands in the Kingdom of Bahrain according to requirements and conditions which should be issued by the Council of…
This Legislative Decree allows citizens of the Cooperation Council of Arab Gulf Countries to appropriate land in the Kingdom of Bahrain with the same rights of Bahraini citizens. All preceding laws related to the appropriation of lands by citizens of Cooperation Council of Arab Gulf Countries…
This Resolution amends article 1 of Resolution No. 43 of 2003 as follows: “allowing non Bahraini citizens, whether physical person or juridical person, to appropriate land and houses in zones A, B and C of the Kingdom as well as to appropriate tourist and investment projects after the approval…
This Resolution provides for the establishment of the Committee for Examination and Revision of Land Division Maps. The Committee is made up of the President and 6 members. The competence of the Committee is to revise and examine land division maps presented by landowners.