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Displaying 2771 - 2775 of 15550Decree No. 97 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on compensation of damages to natural and legal persons for expropriation of land plots for state and public needs.
This Decree establishes the modalities of compensation of damages to natural and legal persons for expropriation of land plots for state and public needs. Expropriation of land plots shall be performed by local government in case of consent by land owner or by coordination with land tenant or lease holder. In case of lack of the aforesaid consent expropriation can be appealed in court. Decision on land expropriation shall be made in conformity with general land-use planning scheme and in accordance with detailed residential housing construction plan.
Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional state Rural Land Administration and Utilization Proclamation (No. 110/2007).
This Proclamation aims at improving management and utilization of land and land resources for agricultural purposes in the Southern Nations, Nationalities And Peoples' Regional State. It applies to all land that lies outside of municipal borders. The Proclamation defines the right to acquire, free of charge, rural land by peasants, pastoralists and semi-pastoralists engaged in agriculture and the equal rights of women with respect to land and provides for the protection of such rights.
Order No. 383 of the Ministry of Culture validating the Statute of the Federal Supervision Service on Cultural Heritage related to conservation and protection of cultural heritage.
This Order establishes that the Federal Supervision Service on Cultural Heritage shall be entitled with the task of conservation and protection of the objects of cultural heritage of federal significance. Federal Supervision Service on Cultural Heritage shall carry out the following functions: (a) inspection of the objects of cultural heritage; and (b) assessment of the function of the regional executive bodies in relation to conservation and protection of the objects of cultural heritage.
Regional Law No. 605-113 amending Regional Law No. 333-64 “On protection of the objects of cultural heritage”.
Article 3 shall be amended to add the following wording: “City state bodies competent in the sphere of protection of the objects of cultural heritage shall be responsible for coordination with the authorized body of rules of land tenure and construction related to location of historical settlements”.
Amends: Regional Law No. 333-64 “On protection of the objects of cultural heritage”. (2009-07-07)
Rural Land Administration and Use Regulation (No. 66/2007).
This Regulation implements provisions of the Proclamation of The Southern Nations, Nationalities And Peoples Regional State on rural land rights and use. It applies to all types of rural land and lands used for agricultural purposes in urban territory.