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Resolution concerning agricultural land. Unofficial title ( No. 211 of 1991).

Country/Territory
Iraq
Document type
Regulation
Date
1991
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Alwaqai Aliraqiya No. 27, 31 July 1991, 2 pp.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Public land Agricultural land Farming Land reform Agricultural development
Geographical area
Asia, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Persian Gulf, Western Asia
Abstract

The agricultural lands owned by the State, burdened with the right of "disposal" of persons who personally or through others cultivated it, according to the "agricultural density" decided for them, shall be considered as owned by the state without compensation and shall be registered in the name of the Ministry of Finance as a pure property and the Ministry of Agriculture shall dispose of such lands in accordance with Laws and Resolutions in force (comma A of par. 1). Owners of agricultural lands owned as pure property on which no cultivation has taken place shall be in certain circumstances entitled to compensation, the amount being equal to twice "the value of the net production of the crop fixed for cultivating the same". (comma B of par. 1) (2 paragraphs)

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