Law No. 10/2011 approving the Civil Code. Country/Territory Timor-Leste Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Jornal da República, I Série, Supplement, No. 34. Subject Land & soil, Water, General Keyword Inheritance Contract/agreement Ownership Agricultural land Urban land Land tenure Drainage/land reclamation Property rights Servitude Transfer Lease Expropriation Private land Public land Prescription/adverse possession Water abstraction Water rights Waterworks Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force 180 days after its publication. Abstract This Law approves the Civil Code of Timor-Leste, defining the transitional provisions regarding the application in time, real estate, community property, legal persons and statute of limitations, the law of obligations, the law of the family and the law of succession. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org