Civil Transactions Act of 1984 Pays/Territoire Soudan Type du document Législation Date 1984 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Environnement gén., Forêts, Terre et sols, Eau Mot clé Terres abandonnées/terres vacantes Terrains agricoles Irrigation Régime foncier Protection de l’environnement Pâturage Coupe de bois/exploitation forestière Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Droits de propriété Droit d'accès Propriété Terres publiques Droit d'usage Enregistrement Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Aire géographique Afrique, Nations en développement sans littoral, Pays les moins avances, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Afrique du Nord, Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden, Sahel Résumé 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. Texte intégral Arabe Site web www.pclrs.com; www.swm-programme.info