Cropland Act (No. 249) Pays/Territoire Japon Type du document Législation Date 1952 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Bétail, Terre et sols Mot clé Développement agricole Gestion intégrée du risque phytosanitaire/stratégie phytosanitaire Protection de l’environnement Terrains agricoles Mesures financières agricoles Monitorage Utilisation durable Petits exploitants/paysans Location Régime foncier Pâturage Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Asie Orientale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Entry into force notes This Act enters into force as of the date of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Commercial Code (Act No. 90 of 2000). Résumé The purpose of this Act is, in light of the important role that has been played by ownership of croplands by cultivators, the basis for domestic agricultural production, providing resources that are finite in nature, and to stabilizing the status of cultivators boosting the domestic agricultural production by regulating the conversion of cropland into non-cropland. It promotes the acquisition of rights to cropland by cultivators who make efficient use of cropland, taking care of local areas, regulating relations over the use of cropland, and taking measures to secure the agricultural use of cropland. In addition, it establishes that when a party transfers ownership of cropland or meadow/pastureland, establishes an area, farming right, pledge, or any other right to use and derive profit from cropland or meadow/pastureland, or transfer the right. The agricultural commission may grant permission under paragraph (1) when a right for use by loan or a right of lease is established for cropland or meadow/pastureland and if all of the requirements set forth in this Act are complied. Texte intégral Japonais/Anglais Site web www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp