Land act tanzania pdf

An act to provide for the management and administration of customary land and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. The first deals with general land, including urban areas and private estates outside the customary sector, and is fairly complex. An act to provide for the basic law in relation to land other than the village land, the management of land, settlement of disputes and related matters i i. Tanzanias village land act 15 years on tanzania natural.

The act sets out the fundamental principles of land use, establishes land use planning authorities and provides with respect to land planing procedures and authorizations. The land registration act an act to provide for the registration of land and for related matters. An act to make provision for land in malawi and for all matters incidental or connected thereto. This act may be cited as the land acquisition act, 1967 and shall. Pdf tanzanias village land act 15 years on researchgate. On 11 february 1999 the tanzanian parliament passed the land act, 1999 and the village land act, 1999. Manual on land law and conveyancing in tanzania by dr. Professional land surveyor professional land surveyor refers to one who practices or offers to practice land surveying. Short title this act may be cited as the land act, 2012. Customary land act, 2016 malawi legal information institute.

This act may be cited as the valuation and valuers registration act, 2016 and shall come into operation on such date as the minister may, by notice published in the gazette, appoint. Whenever reference is made to the land surveyors act by any statute, it shall be construed as referring to the professional land surveyors act. Compensation originates from latin word compesare which means to weigh one thing against the other. The primary legislation governing land ownership is the land act, no. The periods of german and british rule were also formative in establishing current land sector rules and challenges, as has been the postindependence period. Land has played a critical role in tanzanias development. The law gave rural residents usage rights on any land they had occupied peacefully for more than 12 years.

An act to provide for the basic law in relation to land other than the village land. Publication date 20 note students are advised to use this casebook alongside the land acts as well as the customary land law of tanzania, a sourcebook by r. The land act 1999 arrangement of sections title section part i. Doc compensation of land and land value in tanzania.

Regional office for latin america and the caribbean. These regulations provide various forms for purposes of the land act and regulations made thereunder. The government prepared tanzanias first national land policy in 1995, which led to the enactment of the village land act and the land act in 1999. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires.

This act makes provision with respect to the procedures and processes in accordance with which land use in a planning area or zone are prescribed, managed, monitored and evaluated. On 11 february 1999 the tanzanian parliament passed the land act, 1999 and the village land. Basic population and land data on tanzania land area 881,289 km2 water area 61,495 km2 total population 33,584,607 2002 census. This chapter may be cited as the professional land surveyors act. Acquisition of land by foreigners in tanzania lexology. Pdf the year 2016 marks 15 years since the new wave land reforms became operational in tanzania. Women in tanzania have until now had tenuous rights to the land they rely on to feed their families. An act of parliament to give effect to article 68 of the constitution, to revise, consolidate and rationalize land laws.

Enacted by the parliament of the united republic of tanzania. All land in tanzania is public land and remains vested in the president as trustee for and on behalf of all citizens of tanzania. The policy argued that procedures for obtaining title to land should be simplified, that land administration should be transparent. Notwithstanding the centrality of land to tanzanian. An act to provide for the administration of land and land tenure in tanzania.

It is nomen juris for the reparation or satisfaction made to owner of the property which is taken over by acquiring authority for public. Section 20 of the principal act is amended by repealing. Constitution means the constitution of the united republic of tanzania cap. I i enacted by the parliament of the united republic of tanzania. The land act an act to provide for the basic law in relation to land other than the village land, the management of land, settlement of disputes and related matters. The village land act, which took effect in may 2001, was supposed to help rural tanzanians by imposing some order on an otherwise chaotic scene. Women in tanzania set for equal land rights the guardian. Sist j mramba faculty of law faculty of law university of dar es salaam. According to prof fimbo the major concern of the policy makers in the land law reforms has been the tensions between on the one hand,freedom to deal with the land in the market and on the other,security of tenure or protection of users and occupiers of land. Though tanzanias land act and village land act both passed in 1999 provide for womens. An act to repeal and replace the land acquisition ordinance, to provide for compulsory acquisition of lands for public purposes and in connection with housing schemes enacted by the parliament of the united republic of tanzania. The land acquisition act an act to provide for the compulsory acquisition of lands for public purposes and in connection with housing schemes. Tanzanias village land act 15 years on the year 2016 marks 15 years since the new wave land reforms became operational in tanzania. Land tenure in tanzania is in the form of a right of occupancy and leasehold.

The laws of tanzania online is intended as a tool for both the legal community and the general public the object of the website is to make all the statutory laws principal and subsidiary legislation of tanzania in force available at one source on the internet in an updated consolidated form. Although numerous efforts have been made by the government of tan zania and other actors to implement the village land act, progress has been slow and. On 11 february 1999 the tanzanian parliament passed the land act, 1999 and the village. Land act, 1998 part i preliminary provisions short title and commencement. Liz wily stresses that the two laws will provide what is in effect a body of new basic land law for mainland tanzania with a new regime for the holding of rights in.

Court means the court established under section 167 of the land act cap. Land law we advise on land acquisitions and transfers for corporates and projects, as well as in relation to the legal requirements for compensation for local residents displaced by projects. The village land act, 1999 table of contents section. Issn 0856 0331x the united republic of tanzania act supplement no. Interpretation in this act, unless the context otherwise requires authorised person means a person or class of persons authorised by the minister under the provisions of section 12. Institutional issues and challenges tanzania institutional diagnostic. Historical background tanzania land tenure system 2. Current land tenure frameworks, issues and conflicts in the country have historical roots dating back to the precolonial period. Under the land act, there are several categories of land but the most relevant is general land. This act may be cited as the registration of documents act. An act to amend the land ordinance enacted by the parliament of the united republic of tanzania 1. Content, experiences and challenges presentation for ms danish tanzania by emanuel mvula hakiardhidsm. Part i preliminary 11 this act may be cited as short title and comthe village land act, 1999. Following the tanzania national land policy in 1995, which set out the fundamental principles of land management, tanzania enacted the land act no.