This Act concerns the designation of so-called “Homestead Areas” on public land in the Northern Mariana Islands, defines criteria for the eligibility to acquire rights to land in such areas and provides for the certification of rights in relation to homestead land.Homestead areas shall be designated by the Marianas Public Land Corporation in accordance with the Commonwealth Comprehensive Land Use Plan and provisions of this Act. Land in such an area shall be allotted to qualified persons for the purpose of agriculture or grazing.

This Act concerns the designation of so-called “Homestead Areas” on public land in the Northern Mariana Islands, defines criteria for the eligibility to acquire rights to land in such areas and provides for the certification of rights in relation to homestead land.Homestead areas shall be designated by the Marianas Public Land Corporation in accordance with the Commonwealth Comprehensive Land Use Plan and provisions of this Act. Land in such an area shall be allotted to qualified persons for the purpose of farming.

This Act provides for the constitution of the Land Taxation Relief Board, for the de-rating of land for taxation purposes by the Minister, for the granting of relief from land tax and for appeals to the Minister against decisions of the Board.“Land tax” means property tax, parish rates, water rates, lighting rates or any other tax or rate based on the ownership or occupation of land.

The President, for the purpose of regulating free-of-charge transfer of the plots of land to the private ownership, decrees that in establishing an average district quota for the transfer, the total area of agricultural land (except for areas allotted to the local administrations) must be divided into the number of agricultural workers. The local administrations are authorized, in accordance with the notification of the committees on land reform and land policy, to differ the average quota of the free-of-charge transfer in connection with the density of population.

This Law enacts principles for the agriculture development, management and preservation in China. "Agriculture" as mentioned in this Law means crop-plantation, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries. "Agricultural production and operation organizations" mentioned in this Law mean agricultural economic collectives, State-owned agricultural enterprises or other agricultural enterprises.This Law consists of IX chapters. Chapter I General Provisions.

Amendments made to the principal Act concern its application sphere, compulsory land acquisition, incentives for aquaculture projects, conversion of agricultural land into fish ponds and prawn farms, protection of mangrove areas, and change of crops. Lands actually, directly and exclusively used for parks, wildlife, forest reserves, reforestation, fish sanctuaries and breeding grounds, watersheds and mangroves, as well as private lands actually directly and exclusively used for prawn farms and fishponds, shall be exempt from the application of this Act.

A Law to regulate the ownership and allotment of arable land in Georgia. All land is declared to belong to the national wealth and property of the republic of Georgia. Only citizens of Georgia have the legal right of ownership of land. State land is divided, according to the purpose it serves, in Land Reform Fund land and State Fund land. Citizens shall receive land plots without having to pay for it according to prescribes size standards. Wasteland shall, preferably, be allocated to persons wishing to cultivate the land.

This Law provides juridical facilitation for granting ownership without recompense for agricultural land to families or people who have it in use.Excluded from granted ownership are:1. Agricultural lands, which on the date of entering into force of the law are within the limited borders of cities, villages or inhabited areas;2. Agricultural land included in the areas with tourism priorities;3. Agricultural land included in the scientific activities of institutes;4. Agricultural land given in use to the agricultural specialists;5.

There is hereby laid down the legislative framework relevant to land expropriation, which shall be allowed only for public purposes. The Act defines with detail the procedure to be followed and provides for the compensation which is to be paid to owners.

Una vez que el Instituto de Bienestar Rural (sustituido por el Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Rural y de la Tierra) tenga por iniciados los trámites administrativos previstos en el ámbito del procedimiento de expropiación, el mismo podrá solicitar de oficio o a instancia de parte interesada al Juzgado de Primera Instancia en lo Civil y Comercial medida cautelar autónoma de no innovar, en las siguientes circunstancias: (a) cuando el inmueble expropiable esté libre de ocupantes; (b) cuando la ocupación tenga más de un año de antigüedad y ésta no tenga los vicios de un origen clandestino o v

Toda expropiación por causa de utilidad pública o de interés social o nacional estará sujeta al procedimiento establecido por el presente Decreto Ley, el cual se compone de los siguientes títulos: (I) De los actos preparatorios y de la determinación provisional de la indemnización; (II) Del acto expropiatorio y de sus efectos inmediatos; (III) De la fijación definitiva de la expropiación; (IV) Del pago de la indemnización y de sus efectos; (V) De la toma de posesión del bien expropiado y de la inscripción del acto expropiatorio; (VI) De la liquidación de la indemnización; (VII) Del desistim

Preliminary (I); Public land (II); Right of occupancy to land (III); Right of ownership of trees (IV); Grants of public lands (V), Leases (VI); Termination of rights of occupancy (VII); Miscellaneous provisions (VIII).All land in Zanzibar is declared to be public land and is vested in the President (sect. 3). Land taken by the Government is declared to be confiscated land and any irregularities in acquisition shall be resolved through procedures under the Land Adjudication Act. Section 5 concerns easements on banks of waterways.