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Land Groups Incorporation Act (Chapter 147).

Legislation
Papua New Guinea
Oceania

The purposes of this Act are: to encourage greater participation by local people in the national economy, to make better use of land, to create greater certainty of title, and to provide for better and more effectual settlement of disputes. The Minister may appoint a Registrar of Incorporated Land Groups under section 3. Part III concerns the recognition of customary corporations by the Registrar. Applications for recognition may be made by "customary groups" under section 5. Section 7 provides for the Register of Incorporated Land Groups.

Presidential Decree No. 2162 of 1993 regarding reinforcement of the State control over the use and the protection of land for the period of land reform.

Regulations
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Decree establishes that for the period preceding the adoption of the basic land legislation, physical and juridical persons and public officials are committed to civil liability for the following offences in the field of land administration: for the infringement of legal and administrative procedures in urban construction documentation that caused land squatting; for the infringement in the use of land destined for environmental protection, national parks and recreational purpose; for irrational use of agricultural land and lack of protective measures for soil conservation; for dodging

Presidential Decree No. 2287 of 1993 regarding the conformity of the basic land legislation to the Russian Constitution.

Regulations
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

This Decree invalidates articles 2-23, 30-32, Part 2 of article 34, Parts 3 and 4 of article 37, articles 39 and 40, Part 2 of article 41, articles 42 and 44, Part 2 of article 47, article 48, point 8 of the first part of article 52, articles 63, 65, 67, 69 and 82, Part 3 of article 83, Part 3 of article 88, articles 97-99, 115-124 of the Land Code of the RSFSR; Law of the RSFSR "On Land Reform" of 1990; articles 5-7, point (b) of the second part of point 1 of article 10 and article 26 of the Law of the RSFSR "On farming" of 1990.This Decree establishes that the authority of the Councils of

Order No. 1172-I of 1991 of the President of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR regarding the strengthening of control and practical aid on the part of the Supreme Soviet in promoting land reform.

Regulations
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

The people's deputies are entitled to verify the results of the application of the Russian land legislation and to make up for the deficiency and drawbacks in the promotion of land reform in accordance with the local executive authorities and the representatives of the local branches of the Federal Committee on Land Reform and Land Resources and of the local prosecutor's office.

Presidential Decree No. 485 of 1997 regarding the guarantees to the real estate owners for the purchase of the plots of land on which their property is situated.

Legislation
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe

The President, for the purpose of promoting effectual land tenure, decrees that the priorities of purchase of the plots of land (or the shares of them), on which are situated previously privatized edifices, have physical and juridical persons that own these edifices. The Decree establishes that the property put on sale regards plots of land (or the shares of them) that had been previously conceded to a tenant or a leaseholder on condition of permanent (limitless) tenure, lifelong ownership with the right of inheritance or of limited tenure, including rent.

Ministerial Decree No. 177 of 1992 regarding the validation of the form of Certificate of land ownership, Contract of tenancy for agricultural land, Contract of temporal leasehold of agricultural land.

Regulations
December, 1991
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russia

This Decree establishes that the forms of Certificate of landownership can be used provisionally, till the issues of the state legal form, as a document for lifelong ownership valid for inheritance and limitless (permanent) land lease. This Decree validates the forms of Certificate of landownership, Contract of tenancy for agricultural land, Contract of temporal leasehold of agricultural land. The forms of these documents are supplied in Annexes.

Aboriginal Lands Act 1995.

Legislation
Australia
Oceania

This Act, consisting of 44 sections divided into four Parts and completed by five Schedules, aims to promote reconciliation with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community by granting to Aboriginal people certain parcels of land of historic or cultural significance. The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania is established as a body corporate.

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (S.C. 1998, c. 25).

Legislation
Canada
Americas
Northern America

There is hereby established a board to be known as the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board and a board to be known as the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board. Part 2 concerns land use planning. Land use planning for a settlement area shall be guided by the the principles set out in section 35. Two Land Use Planning Board are established under sections 36 and 38. Part 3 provides, inter alia for the establishment of Land and Water Boards.

Ley Nº 70 - Derecho de propiedad colectiva de tierras baldías en zonas rurales ribereñas a los ríos de la cuenca del Pacífico.

Legislation
Colombia
Americas
South America

La presente Ley tiene por objeto reconocer a las comunidades negras que han venido ocupando tierras baldías en las zonas rurales ribereñas de los ríos de la Cuenca del Pacífico, de acuerdo con sus prácticas tradicionales de producción, el derecho a la propiedad colectiva.

Decree of 11 December 1998 approving administrative limits of 'Kambiwá' native people lands, within the State of Pernambuco.

Regulations
Brazil
Americas
South America

This Decree approves administrative limits of 'Kambiwá' native people lands, within the Municipalities of: 'Ibimirim', 'Foresta' and 'Inajá', State of Pernambuco. It consists of 2 articles specifying the geographical limits and coordinates of the aforementioned native people land.

Decree of 11 December 1998 approving administrative limits of 'Massaco' native people lands, within the State of Rondônia.

Regulations
Brazil
Americas
South America

This Decree approves administrative limits of 'Massaco' native people land, within the Municipalities of 'Costa Marques' and 'Alta Floresta D'Oeste', State of Rondônia. It consists of 3 articles specifying the geographical limits and coordinates of the aforementioned native people land.

Decreto Nº 1.371 - Conforma la Comisión consultiva de alto nivel para las comunidades negras.

Regulations
Colombia
Americas
South America

El presente Decreto conforma la Comisión consultiva de alto nivel para las comunidades negras, prevista en el artículo 45 de la Ley Nº 70 de 1993, entre cuyas funciones tiene la de contribuir a la solución de los problemas de tierras que afectan a las comunidades negras, para impulsar programas de titulación y dotación de tierras en su beneficio, y la de establecer mecanismos de coordinación con las autoridades y entidades nacionales y territoriales para hacer efectivo el cumplimiento de los derechos sociales, económicos, políticos, culturales y territoriales de tales comunidades.