The Decree provides the allotment of state-owned land destined to planting of perennial trees, seasonal crops and forestation, plus the water surface required for aquaculture farming to individuals, households and organizations which shall invest in the resulting production. Planning and financial evaluation of production costs shall be prepared and funds destined to support all agricultural, forestry and aquaculture activities and operations.

The Regulation consists of the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Administration (2); Land Assessment (3); Sale, Lease or Other Disposal of Crown Land (4); Dedication and Reservation of Land (5); Miscellaneous (6). The Regulations is completed by 5 Schedules.The Regulation is completed by four Schedules: Fees and deposits (1); Substances defined as minerals in relation to land not in a special district (2); Form of warrant (3); Records to be kept by reserve trust (4).

All ungranted land is declared to be public land. Public land shall be at disposition and control of the Governor. The Governor in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by this Ordinance in respect to any land shall have regard to the native laws and customs existing in the district in which such land is situated. It shall be lawful for the Governor: (a) to grant rights of occupancy to natives and non-natives; (b) To demand a rental for the use of any public lands granted to any native or non-native; (c) To revise the said rental at intervals of more than thirty-three years.

This Law sets the basis for the spatial planning and urban policy defining and integrating the actions undertaken at all levels by the Public Administration with the aim of ensuring an adequate organization and use of territory. The main objective is to achieve economic, social and cultural sustainable development of the Country.

Ce décret charge le Ministère de l'économie et des finances de procéder au relevé systématique de toutes les terres cultivables disponibles du domaine privé de l'Etat et d'en faire dresser le cadastre afin de les lotir et de les distribuer aux familles paysannes nécessiteuses qui en produiront la demande. Cette distribution sera assortie de l'obligation pour ces familles de mettre personnellemnt en culture, dans l'année même, au moins 2/3 des terres dont elles sont bénéficiaires. Les bénéficiaires sont considérés comme des usufruitiers de l'Etat pour une période de neuf ans renouvelable.

This Resolution authorizes the request for conversion of provisional authorization into definitive Right of Land Use and Exploitation (DUAT) for the silvo-forestry activities on behalf of the Company Niassa Forests Ltd, concerning an area of 34,227.15 hectares, located in the administrative post of Chimbonila, District of Lichinga, Niassa Province, documented in the cadastral case No. 11764/1250, as the map attached to this Resolution.

This Ministerial Decree sets forth the procedure for carrying out tenders for land lease contracts for construction following a local decision authorizing the expropriation and allotment of land. Any legal person, individual entrepreneur or foreign legal person shall be authorized to participate in the tender. Damages resulting from the expropriation of land shall be compensated; amounts shall be based on: (a) the value of removed buildings and constructions; (b) removal cost; (c) losses due to the restriction of landowners’ and tenants’ rights; and (d) lost profits.

The President decrees that the plots of land and the property connected with them must be considered real estate. The real estate contracts are regulated by Civil Code in accordance with Land, Forestry, Environmental, other specific Legislative Acts and this Decree. Physical And juridical persons, that own plots of land, have the right to sell, to bequeath, to give as a gift, to mortgage, to lease, to exchange and to render them as a share to the-joint stock companies. Each landowner is provided with land certificate that must be registered into land cadastre.

This Instruction is issued on the basis of the Land Charges Act. Use of land shall carry a charge, with the following forms of payment: land tax, rent, normative price of land. The owners, holders and users of land, except leaseholders (tenants), shall be liable to an annual land tax.

The present Act- consisting of 49 sections - makes provisions with respect to land tenure rights, conveyance of lands, easements, transfer of land, leases, mortgages, and various other matters relative to the registration of titles, use of land rights, transfer of land, etc.

This Act amends the National Land Code Act, 1965.Amendments include: insertion of new definitions in section 5; minor word changes and minor changes in the provisions in sections 5b, 14, 62, 80, 81, 92d, 124, 136, 140, 141, 141a, 142, 147, 204g, 254, 264a, 375, 399, 412, 426, 429a and 429b; insertion of a new Part One (C) on modifications to facilitate the implementation of the electronic land administration system; insertion of a new section 143a on powers of the State Authority in relation to applications for the partition of land subject to the agriculture category; and minor changes to

Article 12 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional executive bodies shall be responsible for decision-making related to land reservation for protected areas, with subsequent expropriation thereof and use restrictions imposed on economic activities”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 3361-OZ “On protected areas”. (2015-01-19)