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National Land Commission Act (No. 19 of 2022).

Country/Territory
Sierra Leone
Document type
Legislation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Sierra Leone Gazette vol. CXLXIII, no. 69 of 23 September 2022.
Long title
Being an Act to provide for the establishment of the National land Commission, the District Land Commission and other land administrative bodies to secure effective and holistic land administration and to provide for other related matters.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Forestry, Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Agricultural land Afforestation/reforestation Forest management/forest conservation Fuelwood Grazing Cadastre/land registration Common property Community management Traditional rights/customary rights Financing Governance Monitoring Institution Land commission Land tenure Land-use planning Lease Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Private land Property rights Public land Research Right of use Survey/mapping Sustainable use Urban land Protection of environment Gender Cattle Pastoralism Surface water Water abstraction Freshwater resources management Wetlands Management/conservation
Geographical area
Africa, Least Developed Countries, North Atlantic, Western Africa
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 91 articles, divided into thirteen Parts, in order to secure effective and holistic land administration, concerns: the establishment of the National Land Commission, the District Land Commission and other Land administrative bodies. The Act defines communal land as any land subject to customary law, which includes wetlands, forests, grazing lands, and market areas. Other definitions concern: State Land; family land; private land. The Act specifies the following rights of use related to land: right of access to use natural resources located on land; right to use the land for pasture or agriculture; right to use trees or collect firewood in the forest; right to travel across the land or water; the right to drive cattle across an area to obtain water from a river. Matters covered by this Act include: functions of the National Land Commission; creation of the Board of Directors; role of the Minister and the Ministry, including: ensure the devolution of land administration and management functions to the land administrative bodies, undertake policy making and coordination on land tenure administration, mobilise financial resources for the sector, facilitate the implementation of the land policy reform programme; duties of the Secretariat; departments of the Commission and related functions, including: maintain an inventory of public and governmental land and a depository of all registers, represent the Commission in legal or administrative proceedings, develop guidelines for undertaking cadastral mapping throughout the country, lead public education and sensitisation programmes.

Full text
English
Website
www.sierra-leone.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

The National Land Commission (Para-surveyors and Paralegals) Operational Regulations, Statutory Instrument no. 11 of 2023.

Legislation | Sierra Leone | 2023

Keyword: Land commission, Traditional rights/customary rights, Community management, Dispute settlement, Education, Subdivision of land, Land tenure, Registration, Survey/mapping

Source: FAO, FAOLEX