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Law No. 17/2012 establishing principles and criteria for territorial sub-division.

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República, I Série, 4th Supplement, No. 32.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Land-use planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Classification/declassification Environmental standards Zoning Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force 60 days after its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 7 articles, establishes principles and criteria for territorial sub-division. It aims at establishing these criteria in order to create, classify and transfer territorial unit areas. It specifies the requirements for territorial units, according to their territorial size, capacity, needs, inhabitants and potentiality as: province, district, administrative land, location or urbanization. The territorial potentiality is regulated by the principles of capacity, needs and potentiality of social, economic and cultural development of local communities.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org