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Decree No. 59.428 regulating Law No. 4.504 regulating rights and obligations regarding rural real estates in order to implement the Agricultural Reform and to promote the Agricultural Policy.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
1966
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural development Agricultural land Subsidy/incentive Land reform Subdivision of land Right of use Land tenure Public land Expropriation Lease Cadastre/land registration Concession Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree regulates Chapters I and II of Title II, Chapter II of Title III, and arts. 81 - 82 - 83 - 91 - 109 - 111 - 114 - 115 and 126 of Law No. 4.504 of 30 November 1964. Chapter I deals with Colonization and other forms of Access to Property. The policy of access to rural property as established in Law No. 4.504 (Land Statute) will have as primary objectives: I - Promote measures aimed at improving the country's agricultural structure; II - Linking to the property, those who work the agricultural land meeting socio-land rules that best suit the dignity of the human person. For access to rural property, the following measures will be promoted by the Government: I - Selection and use of areas where colonization is necessary, in compliance with the regionalization established by Article 43 of the Land Statute; II - Implantation of agricultural or agro-industrial colonization centres on lands that are incorporated into public or private property; III - Recruitment and selection of individuals or families, within or outside the national territory, including, when applicable, their transport, reception, accommodation and referral for placement and definitive integration in the centres; IV - Assistance and encouragement to the rural workers, in the various forms provided for in art. 73 of the Land Statute, etc. Chapter II deals with Colonization Criteria. The IBRA and INDA are executing agencies of official colonization, endowed in their areas of activity, with prerogatives of direction and inspection of public or private colonizing activities. The colonization will be carried out on marked and legalized lands, whose titles allow the legal transfer of domain and ownership of the land parcels, in view of: I - Exploitation of land under the forms of family property, rural enterprise and cooperative; II - Integration and economic and social progress of the rural workers; III - The conservation of natural resources; IV - The social and economic recovery of certain areas; V - The rationalization of agricultural work.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br

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Law No. 4.504 regulating rights and obligations regarding rural real estates in order to implement the Agricultural Reform and to promote the Agricultural Policy.

Legislation | Brazil | 1964 (2007)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Agricultural development, Agricultural land, Subsidy/incentive, Land reform, Subdivision of land, Right of use, Land tenure, Public land, Expropriation, Lease, Cadastre/land registration, Concession, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX