The Act makes provision for prescription in respect of claims relative Common Law, by custom, prescription or grant, to any right of common or other profit or benefit to be taken and enjoyed from or upon any land or in respect of a watercourse or the use of any water.

The Act makes provisions in respect of powers and remedies given to lessors and landlords in case of any tenant deserting the demised premises, and leaving the same uncultivated or unoccupied, so as no sufficient distress can be had to countervail the arrears of rent.

This Act makes provision for selected matters in relation with property and in particular immovable property.The Act provides rules relative to licensed activities in respect of leases and other effects of legal deeds or proceedings on lease, effects of release from a rentcharge or judgements of parts of hereditaments charged therewith on unreleased parts, executions of deeds, illegal practices

This Act sets out criteria, conditions and procedures for compulsory acquisition of land by the Government and regulates related matters such as compensation, appeal from a magistrate’s award on compulsory purchase and effects of the acquisition on existing leaseholds and land other than the land under compulsory acquisition.The procedures of acquisition foresee, among other things, a notificat

This Act regulates agreements of lease of real property used for agricultural or forestry purposes and other matters regarding the relationship between lessor and lessee. Section 1 defines the application sphere of the Act. The rules laid down by this Act cannot be excluded by agreements, unless the Act expressly provides so. Lease contracts shall be made in writing (sect. 3).

This Act imposes a property tax when there is a transfer of ownership of property to persons who are not citizens of Sri Lanka. They shall be charged from the transferee of such property an amount equivalent to the value of that property (sect. 2). The tax shall be paid to the Registrar of Lands in that district and paid into a Consolidated Fund.

This Ordinance relates to lands alienated by the Crown which are abandoned by their owners. The Government Agent publishes notices calling upon owners of abandoned land to prefer their claims (sect. 2). Every notice must be published in the Gazette (sect. 2).

This Ordinance concerns provisions relating to the preparation of reconstructed folios for lost or damaged folios in land registers. There are provisions relating to the power of the Registrar-General after due investigation to prepare and insert folios into land registers (sect. 2).

Ce décret fixe les modalités prévues pour procéder à l'immatriculation foncière obligatoire et progressive de tous les immeubles; pour les immeubles ruraux, il sera procédé au recensement cadastral de tous les immeubles non immatriculés sur toute l'étendue du territoire de la République et au remplacement obligatoire de tous les titres traditionnels par des titres fonciers, à l'exception de imm

This Law is composed of 2 Chapters divided into 18 articles. Preliminary provisions (chap. I): terms and definition (arts. 1-3). Measures (chap. II): nomination of commissioners (art. 4); application of Law (art. 5); compensation (art. 9); land tenure (art. 10); agricultural rent for owners (art. 11); rent conditions (art. 12); rent renewal (art. 15).

Les dispositions de cette loi s'appliquent aux terres situées dans le périmètre d'irrigation de la mise en valeur de la basse vallée de la Medjerma. Tout propriétaire de terrain agricole ou irrigable, possédant plus de 2 hectares, est débiteur envers l'Etat d'une contribution aux investissements publics effectués pour permettre l'irrigation.

This Decree-Law establishes measures to be applied for enforcing the Agricultural Reform. It consists of 16 articles establishing intensive programmes in order to localize the place and to install new agricultural exploitation centres within priority areas, according to the Brazilian Institution of Agricultural Reform (IBRA) and Executive Agricultural Reform (GERA).