This law regulates expropriation in the sense of article 18 of the Constitution of Afghanistan and defines purposes that shall constitute “public welfare”, i.e. purposes that justify expropriation. Purposes include construction of roads, channels, dams, water reserves for the fighting of fires and other (specified) construction for public use. If public welfare exists shall be established by the appropriate local authorities. Plans for expropriation shall be prepared by the competent authorities.

The present Law establishes the rates and the modalities of payment for the use of land resources, and also expenditure of revenues from land charges, liability of payers and control over the correctness of calculation and payment of land charges. The Law consists of 10 Sections that contain 29 articles. Section 1 (arts. 1-5) lays down general provisions. Section 2 (art. 6) regards land charges for agricultural land. Section 3 (art. 7) regards land charges for urban land. Section 4 (art.

Land Code defines the basic directions of State regulatory system improvement concerning land relations, development of various organizational and legal forms of land economy, fertility of land, improvement of land use efficiency, protection and improvement of the environment – favourable for human life and health, and the legal framework concerning the protection of the land rights. Ownership, use and disposition of land must not damage the environment, security and defensibility of the State; must not violate rights and legally defined interests of citizens and other entities.

This Decree prescribes the implementation of the Land Law of 2003. It deals with the following matters: land price-determining methods, price brackets for assorted land categories; land use levy and land rent collection; compensation, support, resettlement when the State recovers land for use of defence or security purposes, for national interests, public interests, economic development; land inspection; sanctioning of administrative violations.

Rules to implement provisions of the National Lands Act. Except in special cases approved by the Minister, national lands, other than town or village lots, will be disposed of only by way of grants. All mines of gold and silver and other metals and minerals, all ancient monuments, mounds or relics within the meaning of section 12 of the National Lands Act and all forest produce are strictly reserved and do not pass under the grant nor lease.

Rules relative to occupation of land in the Pomona Indian Reserve. So long as sufficient land is available any person who is cultivating land in the vicinity and who wishes to occupy a plot of land in the Reserve may do so and may build his house thereon, by the written permission of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys. The Commissioner of Lands and Surveys shall have power to refuse to permit any person to occupy a plot of land in the Reserve, and may, subject to the provisions of rule 10 of these Rules, withdraw any permission which may be given.

Rules relative to occupation of land in the Ramonal-Zapote Reserve. So long as sufficient land is available, any person who wishes to occupy not more than twenty acres of land in the Ramonal-Zapote Reserve, for the purpose of growing annual crops, may do so and may build a house thereon, subject to the conditions specified in the Schedule hereto. The conditions of occupation vary according to the cultivation or use of land, e.g. sugar-cane, pasturage, permanent crops other than sugar-cane.

Rules relative to occupation of land in the Reserve. Any Indian who wishes to occupy land in the Reserve may do so and may build his house thereon, by the written permission of the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, and on payment of an occupancy fee.

Rules relative to occupation of land in the Land Reserves other than Indian and Carib Reserves. All the lands set out in the first column of the Schedule hereto are hereby declared to be Reserves for the use and occupation of any person resident in Belize, for farming and residential purposes.

There shall be paid by every lessee of national land a transfer fee at specified rates on the value of the development or improvement done on the leasehold or of the amount of the consideration whichever is greater, in respect of every transfer of subletting of lease outside the compulsory registration areas declared as such under the Registered Land Act.

Le présent décret compléte par un chapitre IV les dispositions du chapitre II du titre Ier du livre Ier de la deuxième partie (Réglementaire) du Code rural, relatif à l'agriculture de certaines zones soumises à des contraintes environnementales, et notamment les zones d'erosion.

In the articles 26, 28, and 32 the wording “state arbitration” shall be excluded. Paragraph 1 of the article 42 acquires a new wording: “Lease enterprise shall have the right by prior consent of the owner of leased property to sell, exchange, concede on condition of free use or lend material values that make part of leased property.”

Amends: Law on Lease. (1990-12-12)