Fencing Act [Chapter 20:06]. Country/Territory Zimbabwe Document type Legislation Date 1976 (2001) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to establish fencing courts and to confer on them certain powers and functions; to regulate the alteration, construction, relocation, repair or replacement of dividing fences; to create certain offences in relation to fences; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. Subject Land & soil Keyword Court/tribunal Ownership Dispute settlement Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations Abstract This Act concerns the fencing of land. "Fence" means a fence separating the adjoining pieces of land of different owners and includes: (a) any gate, grid track, other than a grid on a main road as defined in the Roads Act, or stile and any other means of passage over or through the fence concerned; and (b) any ditch, hedge, railings or wall used as a fence. Part II of this Act prescribes that each magistrates court shall be a fencing court for the province in which it is situated prescribes the procedures of court proceedings. Part III provides for the construction and repair of dividing fences. Full text English Website www.parlzim.gov.zw