This Act is enacted to prevent soil and groundwater pollution, to ensure sustainable use of the land and groundwater resources, to improve the living environment, and to enhance public health. It consists of 8 Chapters divided into 51 articles. Article 2 gives definitions of the terms used in this Act, e.g.

This Law establishes legal, economic and organizational basis for regulation of transport. It establishes that land of transport shall be considered land allotted to tenants for transport needs. Land relations regarding transport shall be regulated by the national legislation.

This Law regulates relations regarding housing facilities, including plots of land pertaining to common property of condominiums. In case of demolition of residential building because of expropriation for public needs of the plot of land on which it was located the owner shall have the right to another residential space or compensation at his choice (art. 15).

This Act sets out rules for the sale, partition, lease, administration by trustees, mortgaging, exchange, etc. of settled land and certain rights related to the use of such land. The Act sets out criteria and definitions as to what land is considered settled land. It defines the right of a tenant for life in respect of such land including lease of land for mining purposes.

Aim of this law is the enactment of fundamental principles, the establishment of modern governing bodies, processes and means for land and spatial planning in order to promote sustainable development, guarantee productive and social cohesion, ensure the protection of the environment in the totality of the national territory and reinforce the position of the country in the international and Euro

This Act shall apply to every undertaking authorized by any subsequent enactment (called “Special Statute”) which shall authorize the purchase or taking of lands for such undertaking and this Act shall be incorporated with such enactment.

The present Act gives the Cabinet the ability to place conditions on the transfer or lease of lands listed in a Schedule to this Act.

This Act makes provision with respect to soil conservation in the Scotland District and for this purpose establishes the Scotland District Soil Conservation Board.The Board shall advise the Minister on the utilization of lands in the conservation area, i.e. the area as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.

This Act empowers the Registrar of Titles to issue new title deeds to property where such title deeds are deemed to be destroyed by disaster. The Act sets out the procedures for the restoration of title deeds.

Amended by: Land (Title Proceedings) Act (No. 7 of 2011). (2011-03-10)

This Act concerns the validity of claims of prescription which may be lawfully made at common law or by custom to any way or other easement or to any watercourse or to the use of any water, to be enjoyed or derived upon, over or from any land or water. The Act, among other things, sets out criteria for the computation of the period after which a claim shall be held valid.

The 7 Parts of this Act are entitled as follows: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Registration, with special provisions relating to women (III); Registration of land (IV); Bonds (V); Rights in immovable property (VI); General (VII).This Act provides for the establishment of deeds registries, for the appointment of registrars of deeds as well as for the registration of deeds and conventiona

This Code embraces an extremely comprehensive range of issues relating to land use and management.