The FAO Legal Office provides in-house counsel in accordance with the Basic Texts of the Organization, gives legal advisory services to FAO members, assists in the formulation of treaties on food and agriculture, for which the Director-General acts as Depositary, publishes legal studies and maintains a database (FAOLEX) of national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture (including fisheries, forestry and water).
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Displaying 1791 - 1795 of 15550Unlawfully Expropriated Property Valuation and Compensation Act (1993)
The Act determines the bases and procedure for valuation of unlawfully expropriated property being the object of ownership reform and the method and extent of compensation thereof. The bases and procedure for valuation of unlawfully expropriated land and the natural objects attached thereto and collectivised property, and the method and extent of compensation thereof must be determined by separate Acts.
Lands (Title Vesting, etc.) Act.
This Act declares all the lands within 100 metres limit of the 1967 shoreline of Nigeria and any other land reclaimed from any lagoon, sea or ocean in or bordering Nigeria or of oceans bordering the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to the exclusion of any right accruing to any body corporate or unincorporate or industry, to vest in the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Surveying and Mapping Law (2017).
This Law is enacted to strengthen the administration of the surveying and mapping undertaking, promote its development, ensure that it renders service to the development of national economy, building up of national defence, progress of the society as well as ecological protection, and safeguard the security of national geospatial information.The State exercises a graded administrative system over basic surveying and mapping.