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

País/Territorio
Sierra Leona
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2022
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
The Sierra Leone Gazette vol. CXLXIII, no. 69 of 23 September 2022.
Título completo
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.
Materia
Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Ganado, Bosques, Tierra y suelos, Agua, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Palabra clave
Terrenos agrícolas Forestación/reforestación Ordenación forestal/conservación de montes Leña Pastorear Catastro/registración de tierras Propiedad común Ordenación comunitaria Derechos tradicionales/derechos consuetudinarios Financiamiento Gobernanza Monitoreo Institución Comisión de tierras Tenencia de tierras Manejo de tierras Arrendamiento Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos Terrenos privados Derechos de propiedad Terrenos públicos Investigación Derecho de uso Levantamiento topográfico/cartografía Uso sostenible Terrenos urbanos Protección del medio ambiente Género Bovinos Pastoreo Aguas superficiales Captación de agua Manejo de recursos hídricos Humedales Ordenación/conservación
Área geográphica
Africa, Países menos desarrollados, Atlántico Norte, Africa Occidental
Resumen

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.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.sierra-leone.org

Referencias - Legislación

Implementado por

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

Legislación | Sierra Leona | 2023

Palabra clave: Comisión de tierras, Derechos tradicionales/derechos consuetudinarios, Ordenación comunitaria, Solución de controversias, Educación, Subdivisión de tierras, Tenencia de tierras, Registro, Levantamiento topográfico/cartografía

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX