Law No. 172/2014 amending and supplementing Law No. 9948 of 2008 on the examination of the legal validity of ownership titles relating to agricultural land.
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November 2014
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This Law amends and supplements articles 17 and 18 of Law No. 9948 of 2008 dealing with the already-started land distribution procedures regulated by previous Laws No. 7501 of 1991 and No. 8312 of 1998 and provides local government structures with more time to finalize the documentation. It also adds article 19 according to which the decisions of the municipalities’ and communes’ councils and the documentation of land property completed by them according to law 9948 of 2008 during the period of 31 December 2013 to the date this law enters into force are considered valid. Amends: Law No. 9948 on the examination of the legal validity of ownership titles relating to agricultural lands. (2008-07-07)
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