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Land Survey Act (Chapter 20:12).

An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the survey of land.

Legislation
Zimbabwe, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land Conflicts
land subdivision
land registration
surveyors
cadastres
land law
land dispute resolution
This Act provides rules relative to the survey of land. consists of 49 sections which are divided into 9 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Recognition and Duties of Land Surveyors (III); Original Surveys and Re-surveys (IV); Division Surveys (V); Townships (VI); Beacons and Boundaries (VII); General Plans and Diagrams (VIII); Miscellaneous (IX).At Harare a Surveyor-General's Office is established (sect. 7). A Survey Regulations Board is established under section 8. The Board may make Regulations, with approval of the Minister, prescribing matters specified in section 9.
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Proclamation to Provide for the Registration of Land and Other Immovable Property (No. 95/1997).

A Proclamation to Provide for the Registration of Land and Other Immovable Property.

Regulations
Eritrea, Africa, Eastern Africa
use rights
surveyors
leases
cadastres
land registration
This Proclamation makes provision for the registration of land and other immovable property. It provides for the establishment of a Cadastral Office, for the registration of all land, rights over land and duties that emanate from such rights, and the transfer of property through sales, donation, succession or other manner. The registration system shall use the application forms and certificate pursuant to Legal Notice No. 31/1997. On the basis of the abovementioned documentation, the Cadastral Office shall keep a map or plan that clearly shows parcel features and boundaries.
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Décret du 22 août 1885 sur la constatation et sur l'enregistrement des droits.

Legislation
Rwanda, Eastern Africa, Africa
surveyors
cadastres
land registration
Ce décret du 1885 prévoit la possibilité d'effectuer un mesurage officiel des terres pour lesquelles les demandes d'enregistrement ont été présentées; ce mesurage peut avoir lieu avant ou après la délivrance du certificat d'enregistrement.

Mis en oeuvre par: Ordonnance nº 42-12 sur le mesurage et bornage des propriétés privées. (1950-01-09)
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Ordonnance nº 42-12 sur le mesurage et bornage des propriétés privées.

Regulations
Rwanda, Eastern Africa, Africa
surveyors
cadastres
land registration
Cette ordonnance fixe les modalités d'exécution des mesurages officiels des terres prévus à l'article 9 décret du 22 août 1885. Ces mesurages doivent être mis en oeuvre par des géomètres agréés et assermentés.

Met en oeuvre: Décret du 22 août 1885 sur la constatation et sur l'enregistrement des droits. (1885-08-22)
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Ordonnance nº 44-143 tarif des frais cadastraux.

Regulations
Rwanda, Eastern Africa, Africa
surveyors
cadastres
land registration
Cette ordonnance fixe les divers frais cadastraux, à savoir: les frais de mesurage et de bornage officiel des terres et les frais de consultation, de reproduction et d'extrait de la documentation et des imprimés cadastraux.
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Fencing Act (Cap. 190).

An Act to regulate the erection and maintenance of dividing fences; and to provide for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

Legislation
Zambia, Africa, Eastern Africa
surveyors
farmland
cadastres
land registration
This Act makes provision with respect to agreements on the fencing of land and actual fencing. This Act shall apply to such areas as the Minister may, by statutory notice, declare. The Minister shall not apply this Act to any area unless the majority of owners of occupied farms in the area present and voting have expressed themselves in favour of such application at a meeting convened in accordance with this Act.
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Registered Land Act (No. 10 of 1990).

An Act to provide for the registration of land and interests therein, for the regulation of dealings in land so registered, and for matters connected therewith.

Legislation
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
surveyors
leases
cadastres
land registration
land law
“Land” here includes land covered with water and things affixed on land or growing on land (sect. 2). The Act shall apply to any area constituted as a Registration District by the Minister under section 5In each District a land registry shall be maintained in which information set out in section 6 shall be kept. Section 7 concerns appointment of land registration officers. There shall be one Registrar of Land appointed by the President. Powers of this officer are outlined in section 8.
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Customary Land (Development) Act (59:01).

An Act to provide for the ascertainment of rights and interests in customary land; for the better agricultural development of customary land and for other purposes connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Legislation
Malawi, Africa, Eastern Africa
customary law
land-use planning
land registration
surveyors
cadastres
land ownership
“Customary land”, “private land” and “public land” shall bear the same meaning in this Act as in the Land Act. The Minister may apply the provisions of this Act to areas in which, according to the Minister, ascertainment of interests in customary land or the agricultural development of such land require the application of provisions of this Act.
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Arrêté nº 7542/2005 fixant les modalités d'application du décret nº 2003-908 portant application de la loi nº 2003-029 modifiant certaines dispositions de l'ordonnance nº 60-146 du 3 octobre 1960 relative au régime foncier de l'immatriculation.

Regulations
Madagascar, Africa, Eastern Africa
surveyors
cadastres
land registration
Le présent arrêté fixe les modalités d'application pour les opérations de délimitation d'ensemble consistant soit en simple constatation des occupations, soit en une constatation des droits de propriété par une ou plusieurs brigades topographiques.

Met en oeuvre: Décret nº 2003-908 portant application de la loi nº 2003-029 modifiant certaines dispositions de l'ordonnance nº 60-146 du 3 octobre 1960 relative au régime foncier de l'immatriculation. (2003-09-02)
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Pastoralists seasonal land rights in land administration

A study of northern Kenya

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Kenya
Indigenous Peoples
local communities
pastoralists
land rights
property law
common property
land governance
land policies
legal empowerment
cadastres
natural resources management
A series of papers on land use administration, land use change, securing of rights to resources and other in Laikipia, Kenya.