The aim of this Legislative Decree is to regulate the appropriation of land by the Government or Municipalities for public purposes. This Legislative Decree is composed of 12 articles. Article 1 provides for terms and definitions. Articles 2-7 deal with the procedures for the appropriation of land for public purposes by the Government or Municipalities and in particular with: (a) notification of the appropriation to landowners and its publication in the Official Gazette; (b) expropriation of land which should be only for public purposes; (c) the publication of the lands considered Government or Municipality property in the Official Gazette; and (d) compensation and valuation of expropriated lands.
Amended by: Legislative Decree No. 24 of 1975 amending Legislative Decree No. 8 of 1970 concerning the appropriation of land for public benefit. (1975-09-28)
Amended by: Legislative Decree No. 7 of 1984 amending Legislative Decree No. 8 of 1970 on the appropriation of lands for public purposes. (1984-06-07)
Amended by: Law No. 6 of 2005 amending Legislative Decrees on the appropriation of lands for public utilities, regulating constructions, architectonic planning, and land division destined for the development and reconstruction. (2005-05-17)
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In 1783, the Sunni Al-Khalifa family took power in Bahrain. In order to secure these holdings, it entered into a series of treaties with the UK during the 19th century that made Bahrain a British protectorate. The archipelago attained its independence in 1971.
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