This Act provides in 30 articles divided into 8 Parts for the establishment of a Land Surveyors Board (sect. 3) and for the control and procedures of the surveying of land by surveyors licensed under this Act. The Board is responsible for the licensing of surveyors and to control their functioning (sect. 5). Part III specifies the criteria which persons shall meet in order to be eligible to become a licensed surveyor (sects. 7 and 8). It also provides for the establishment of a register of licensed surveyors (sect. 9).

The object of the Act is to provide a system for the registration of title to land and interests in land.

Regulations to provide for the registration of titles to land and dealings with registered land.The 136 regulations are divided into 6 Parts: First registration (I); Adjudication procedure (II); Dealings with registered land (III); Minor entries in the register (IV); Fees (V); Miscellaneous (VI). The regulations are completed by 3 Schedules. The First Schedule contains no less than 53 forms applications, notices, deeds of transfer, summons, etc.

The 19 sections of this Act are divided into 6 Parts: Citation and Interpretation (I); Establishment of Land Surveyor's Board (II); Licensing and registration of Land Surveyors (III); Discipline (IV); Appeals (V); Miscellaneous (VI).A Board to be known as the Land Surveyors' Board is established under section 3. Rules laid down in Schedule I apply to the constitution of the Board. The Board shall organize land surveyor examinations, consider applications for land surveyor licences, and institute disciplinary legal proceedings in accordance with provisions 10 to 12 (sect. 5).

This Act provides for the registration of title to land, regulates the use of certain land and related matters and gives rules with respect to landownership and land use rights.The text of the Act is divided into 13 Chapters: Registration of land in Thram (I); Validity of Thram and entitlement to land (II); Right of possession (III); Cost of land and taxation (IV); Sale/purchase and exchange of land (V); Government land and the procedure for allotment of land (VI); Water channels, embankments and roads (VII); Regarding grazing land (VIII); Matters relating to Tsatong and its allotment (IX);

This Act provides rules relative to the survey of land. consists of 49 sections which are divided into 9 Parts: Preliminary (I); Administration (II); Recognition and Duties of Land Surveyors (III); Original Surveys and Re-surveys (IV); Division Surveys (V); Townships (VI); Beacons and Boundaries (VII); General Plans and Diagrams (VIII); Miscellaneous (IX).At Harare a Surveyor-General's Office is established (sect. 7). A Survey Regulations Board is established under section 8. The Board may make Regulations, with approval of the Minister, prescribing matters specified in section 9.

The text of the Act opens with an extensive interpretation section. It includes definitions of "contiguous", "diagram", "erf", "land surveyor", "owner", "reference mark", and "township". The Minister shall appoint a Chief Surveyor-General (sect. 2). The Chief Surveyor-General shall be in charge of such geodetic, topographical and cadastrial survey and land information services in the republic as the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs may direct and shall perform the duties specified in section 3. Offices of the Chief Surveyor-General may be established in the provinces (sect. 4).

This Act makes provision for the registration of property and other rights on land and buildings on land, aircrafts and ships as required by law. Pursuant to article 3 there is established a Cadastre and Public Registers Agency which shall be responsible for the keeping and administration of Public Registers. For each office of the Service there shall be appointed a Land and Public registers Registrar (art. 6). Chapter 2 makes provision for the form and contents of public registers in which rights on goods which require registration are registered.

By making further provision for the registration of property and other rights on land and buildings on land, aircrafts and ships as required by law, this Decree implements and supplements various articles of the Cadastre Act. Article 2 prescribes in detail how real property shall be recorded in the Cadastre. Chapter II requires certain information to be submitted for registration of property rights in the Public Register. Chapter III makes provision for the updating of cadastrial registration and cadastrial maps. Chapter IV regulates the updating of registration of ships.

Estas Normas Técnicas para la delimitación de las tierras al interior del ejido, con el objeto de definir un marco geográfico uniforme de referencia, establecen que todos los levantamientos que se realicen para la delimitación de las tierras ejidales estarán ligados a la Red Geodésica Nacional, para lo cual se podrán utilizar dos métodos de levantamiento: a) directo: geodésico y topográfico; b) indirecto: fotogramétrico.

The Minister may authorize a surveyor to survey land for the purpose of determining the suitability or otherwise of the land for public purposes specified in the Order of authorization (sect. 3). "Surveyor" means the Chief Surveyor, any Government surveyor deputed by the Chief Surveyor or a Sworn Land Surveyor designated by the Minister (sect. 2). The owner or occupier of the land shall not be entitled to compensation except in respect of damage to improvements existing on the land at the time of entry thereupon (sect. 4).

El presente Decreto, que consta de 7 artículos, constituye la Comisión Técnica Consultiva de Ordenamiento Territorial (Comisión Terra), como instancia técnica consultiva del Sistema Nacional de Desarrollo Sostenible (SINADES), bajo la coordinación del Ministerio de Planificación Nacional (MIDEPLAN). La Comisión Terra tiene como objetivo general, proponer el ordenamiento del uso del territorio del país de tal forma que sirva de apoyo a un desarrollo sostenible; y como objetivo específico, elaborará un primer nivel de ordenamiento y acción territorial nacional a escala 1:200 000 (art. 3º).