Law No. 420-IV amending some legislative acts. Country/Territory Kazakhstan Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Farming Smallholders/peasants Agricultural development Ownership Lease Cadastre/land registration Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Entry into force notes This Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication. Abstract Item 6 of the Article 97 of Land Code shall be amended to add the following wording: “6. Agricultural land shall be allotted: 1) on condition of ownership to the citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan for subsidiary smallholding, gardening and country housing; 2) on condition of private ownership to or in lease to natural and legal persons of the Republic of Kazakhstan for farming, agricultural production, forest growing, scientific research, experimental and educational purposes, subsidiary smallholding, vegetable gardening and stockbreeding purposes.” Article 2 of the Law No. 214-1 on peasant farm shall be amended to add the following wording: “Article 2. Setting up peasant farm. Peasant far shall be set up on voluntary basis and it shall be considered operative since state registration of the rights to a plot of land and in cases envisaged by the national legislation since registration of an individual entrepreneur.” Full text Russian Website www.government.kz References - Legislation Amends Land Code (No.442-II ZRK of 2003). Legislation | Kazakhstan | 2003 Keyword: Basic legislation, Land reform, Land tenure, Servitude, Agricultural land, Urban land, Subdivision of land, Survey/mapping, Public land, Ownership, Lease, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law No. 214-1 on peasant farm. Legislation | Kazakhstan | 1998 Keyword: Agricultural land, Farming, Land reform, Credit, Smallholders/peasants, Agricultural development Source: FAO, FAOLEX