Urban Lands Lease Holding Proclamation No. 80/1993.

Subject

Land & soil

Keyword

Land tenure Urban land Lease Authorization/permit

Geographical area

Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel

Abstract

A Proclamation to provide for the utilization of urban land. Urban land is defined as all land within the boundaries of a town (sect. 2). The Proclamation shall not apply to land previously utilized for the construction of dwellings (sect. 3). Section 4 provides for applications of persons who desire to hold urban land in lease. Such applications shall be submitted to the town administration. The town administration shall issue the leaseholding permit and a title document in accordance with provisions city master plans or, where such a plan does not exist, in accordance with regional self-government directions. Also shall the permit be subject to competitive public tendering (sects. 5 and 6). Section 7 pescribes the duration of leases in various areas. The rates of rent shall be determined by a law issued by the appropriate national/regional council (sect. 8). Section 10 makes provision for the transfer of mortgage of use rights, section 11 for the termination of lease agreements. (17 sections)

Full text

English

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Re-enactment of the Urban Lease Holding Proclamation (No. 272/2002).

Legislation | Ethiopia | 2002

Keyword: Land tenure, Urban land, Lease, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX