This Act provides for the preservation of ancient and historical monuments and archaeological sites and remains.The Government will have the power to declare monuments to be protected monuments and to declare archaeological sites and remains to be protected areas. The Director may, with the sanction of the Government, purchase, take lease or assume the guardianship of any protected monument, for its protection or preservation. The Government may also enter into a written agreement with the owner of any protected monument for its maintenance and preservation.

The present Ordinance enforces the Expropriation Law of 22 April 2009. Article 7 establishes that the competent authority shall decide on the admissibility of expropriation, if no agreement can be reached in expropriation negotiations. The text consists of 24 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Expropriation proceedings (II); Procedures for expropriation of material (III); Valuation proceedings (IV); Valuation Commission (V); Ban on expropriation (VI); Final provisions (VII).

Implements: Expropriation Law. (2009-04-22)

The aim of the Act is to establish the principal rules in connection with the protection, preservation and planned development of the human environment for the purpose of the protection of people's health and the regular improvement of living conditions. Chapter II of the Act sets out detailed rules concerning the protection of the elements of environment, i.e. land, water, air, biosphere, landscape and human habitations. Chapter III deals with the responsibility in case of violation of the provisions concerning environmental protection.

This Law lays down several amendments and addenda to Law No. 8934 on environmental protection. In particular, it adds new definitions such as “integrated environmental permit”, “accident”, “environmental threat”, “environmental risk” , “climate change”, “clean development mechanisms”. The Law establishes the environmental cadastre under the Agency of Environment and Forestry to identify the pollution and the damages of the environment and its elements. The cadastre is the database of all the quantitative and qualitative indicators, pollution sources and the polluted areas.

This Ministerial Decree required the valuation of damages for harm caused to agricultural land and forests by the allotment of land. Natural and legal persons who were allotted plots of agricultural or forestland to increase their suitability for agricultural production and afforestation shall be pay compensation for losses to agricultural or forest production at an annual rate of four percent of the estimated total damages.

The Parties have agreed to cooperate in the following spheres: (a) integration of early warning systems and emergency intervention systems; (b) joint participation in the international organizations and programs; (c) liability of each Party for the outbreak and consequences of disasters; (d) prevention of the outbreak of disasters; and (e) autonomous decision-making at the national level.

Amended by: Protocol to Multilateral Agreement on cooperation in the sphere of prevention of natural and technological disasters and mitigation of the consequences thereof. (2015-10-30)

This Law amends Decree No. 1359 on land compensation. Amendments establish that land surface (until 10.000 square meters) must be done in 2 steps (not exceeding 5.000 square meters each). Types of land benefiting from compensation are specified in the text.

Amends: Decree No. 1359 amending Decree No. 1254 establishing compensation to former landowners. (1996-02-05)

This Act defines the liability of an occupier of a leased area or premises. Section 1 of this Act shall bind the Crown, but as regards the Crown's liability in tort shall not bind the Crown further than the Crown is made liable in tort by the Crown Proceedings Act 1947.

This Decree amends Decree No. 1254 establishing compensation to former landowners. It consists of 9 articles specifying the compensations for: touristic areas, agricultural, occupied and non-occupied lands. The amendments concern: the procedure for issuing compensations, the required documents, the surface and price; priorities and the case in which such compensation is allowed.

Amended by: Law No. 8084 amending Decree No. 1359 on land compensation. (1996-03-07)
Amends: Decree No. 1254 for the compensation of the ex-owners of lands. (1995-10-19)

Part one of the Article 75 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Damages caused by expropriation or provisional land occupation, demolition of the immovable property located thereon, land restriction (encumbrance), including servitude, shall be subject to compensation to land tenants that have sustained the aforesaid damages. Valuation of damages shall be carried out by the organizations in accordance with the list and modalities established by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.”

Amends: Land Code (Law No. 425-Z). (2008-07-23)

This Act establishes the National Museums of Kenya as a body corporate and provides for the protection of national natural and cultural heritage (as defined). The National Museums of Kenya shall, among other things, identify, protect, conserve and transmit the cultural and natural heritage of Kenya. The Minister may declare an open space to be a protected area within the meaning of this Act.

These Regulations establish the basis for assessing the market value of any land or the compensation for any injurious affection caused by the acquisition of land. Market Value should be assessed as follows: in case part of a land is acquired and when its value as a separate entity deems to realize a value proportionately lower than the Market Value of the main land the compensation should be proportionate to the value of the main land.