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Communal Land Act [Chapter 20:04].

Country/Territory
Zimbabwe
Document type
Legislation
Date
1983 (2002)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the classification of land in Zimbabwe as Communal Land and for the alteration of such classification; to alter and regulate the occupation and use of Communal Land; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.
Subject
Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Common property Traditional rights/customary rights Vested rights/existing rights Land tenure Servitude Water abstraction
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations
Abstract

This Act concerns Communal land. Communal land shall consist of land which, immediately before the 1st of February, 1983, was Tribal Trust Land in terms of the Tribal Trust Act, 1979 (Act No. 6 of 1979), subject to any additions thereto or substractions therefrom made in terms of section 6 of this Act (sect. 3). Communal land shall vest in the President, who shall permit it to be occupied and used in accordance with this Act. Provisions of Part III deal with occupation and use of Communal Land. No person shall occupy Communal Land unless he acquired right to do so before 1st February 1983, has obtained a permit to do so, or is related to a person who occupies or uses Communal Land (sect. 7). Section 8 provides for occupation and use of land for agricultural purposes. Permits to use or occupy land are issued by the Rural District Council under section 9. Section 10 provides for the setting aside of land for purposes specified in that section. Section 11 provides for the granting of the right of servitude relating to water rights pursuant to the Water Act (Chapter 20:22). (17 sections divided into 4 Parts)

Full text
English
Website
www.parlzim.gov.zw

References - Legislation

Amended by

Environmental Management Act [Chapter 20:27].

Legislation | Zimbabwe | 2002 (2005)

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Source: FAO, FAOLEX