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Regulation of State Minister of Agrarian Affairs/Head of the National Land Agency No. 5/1999 RE Guideline for the settlement of problems related to the communal reserved land of the customary-law-abiding community.

Country/Territory
Indonesia
Document type
Regulation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Warta Cafi No. 76, 21 September 1999, pp.1-4.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Land tenure Right of use Vested rights/existing rights Traditional rights/customary rights
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Indian Ocean, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

The Regulation provides for the recognition of traditional land rights acquired by a community of people who derives their living by cultivating or otherwise disposing of that very land and they shall be entitled to those rights as per the application of local traditional law.

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