Law No. 15 regarding amendments and addenda to Land Code. Country/Territory Tajikistan Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Tax/levy Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Cadastre/land registration Land valuation Geographical area Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication. Abstract The following amendments and addenda must be introduced to Land Code: 1) The first part acquires a new wording “Land tax and its rates are determined in accordance with Tax Code”; part 2 must be supplemented with the following wording “Rent for agricultural land must be calculated according to quality and situation of the plot of land taking into consideration its cadastre valuation”. 2) The first part of the article 34 acquires a new wording “Land tax must be distributed in accordance with Tax Code”. 3) Articles 35 and 36 acquire a new wording: Article 35 “Preferential terms for land tax collection. Issues regarding preferential terms for land tax collection must be regulated by Tax Code.” Article 36 “Entries from land charges. Entries from land charges subject to distribution in accordance with the legislation currently in force, must be used for financing of arrangements for land conservation and raising soil fertility, cultivation of new areas, carrying out activity of land regulation (including activity for determination and restoration of the boundaries of the plots of land, mapping, technical equipment of land management bodies), development of state land cadastre, land monitoring and state control over use and protection of land.” Full text Russian References - Legislation Amends Land Code No. of 1996. Legislation | Tajikistan | 1996 (2008) Keyword: Framework law, Land reform, Land tenure, Public land, Ownership, Cadastre/land registration, Agricultural land, Urban land, Liability/compensation Source: FAO, FAOLEX