Civil Transactions Act of 1984 País/Territorio Sudán Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1984 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Medio ambiente gen., Bosques, Tierra y suelos, Agua Palabra clave Tierras abandonadas/terrenos baldíos Terrenos agrícolas Irrigación Tenencia de tierras Protección del medio ambiente Pastorear Corte y extracción/explotación forestal Ordenación forestal/conservación de montes Derechos de propiedad Derecho de acceso Propiedad Terrenos públicos Derecho de uso Registro Derechos de agua Área geográphica Africa, Naciones en desarrollo sin litoral, Países menos desarrollados, Africa del Norte y Cercano Oriente, Africa del Norte, Mar Rojo & Golfo de Adén, Sahel Resumen This Act consisting of 819 articles divided in 22 Chapters represents the legal framework regarding land access in Sudan by providig for transactions in land, including leases and easements, transfer and inheritance of rights, and conditions for obtaining usufruct rights. It builds on Islamic Sharia in that it recognises land as belonging to God, and man as the guardian of land. It however reaffirms the State as a land owner and gives Government administration rights over land. The recognized rights on land ownership include (i) Right of way; (ii) right to water, every person has the right to benefit from water resources and their branches and streams of public benefit; (iii) right of the landowner to run irrigation water in another's land to reach his land from its distant resource; and (iv) right of flow, to let flow natural water or discharging unfit or excess water through its passage in the land of others. Texto completo Árabe Página web www.pclrs.com; www.swm-programme.info