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Land Tenure (Amendment) Act, 2003 (No. 15 of 2003).

Country/Territory
Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania)
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land reform Land tenure Lease Agricultural land Institution Smallholders/peasants
Abstract

This Act amends the Land Tenure Act of 1992 with respect to among other things: definitions of "ownership", "Department" and "Director" (sect. 2); administration of public land (sect. 3); measures regarding violation or breach of the terms and conditions of a lease of public land. The Act also adds new sections (6A, 6B and 6C) concerning measures against misuse of land and a new section 42A which protects rights of occupiers of land under agricultural grants granted pursuant to section 41 of the principal Act in respect to, among other things, cultivation.

Full text
English
Website
www.agc.go.tz

References - Legislation

Amends

Land Tenure Act of 1992 (No. 12 of 1992).

Legislation | Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) | 1993

Keyword: Timber extraction/logging, Forest management/forest conservation, Basic legislation, Land reform, Land tenure, Cadastre/land registration, Lease, Court/tribunal, Dispute settlement, Servitude, Abandoned land/unoccupied land, Agricultural land, Common property, Expropriation, Inheritance, Ownership, Public land, Right of use, Urban land, Use restrictions, Vested rights/existing rights, Transfer, Smallholders/peasants, Sustainable development

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Commission for Land and Environment Act, 1989 (Act No. 6 of 1989).

Legislation | Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania) | 1989

Keyword: Institution, Environmental planning, Policy/planning, Land reform, Land-use planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX