Identification of environmentally sensitive areas 53. The village land act in a nutshell the village land act, number 5 of 1999, refers to governance and administration of village land, which constitutes 70 per cent of the whole land mass of tanzania mainland. It is explicitly stated in the act that the commissioner is not bound to act on the recommendations of the land allocation committees s. Board means the journalistsaccreditation board established under section 11 of this act.
In this act, unless the context requires otherwise adjusted assessment means an assessment adjusted in. Other censuses were carried out in 1967, 1978, 1988 and 2002. Officials constructed registry buildings in villages and districts to house title documents before surveying individual land parcels and handing over titles to village residents. Pdf village land use planning and commercialization of. This act may be cited as the income tax act, 2004, and shall come into operation on the 1st july, 2004. 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. These laws are a marked departure from the land ordinance of 1923, yet many villagers and communities still do not have security in their customary land. The village land act 1998, published in september 1998. Mainland tanzania got its land reform when the parliament passed the 1999 land act and village land act in 19992000. These regulations provide various forms for purposes of the land act and regulations made thereunder.
The land amendment act, 2004 tanzania chamber of commerce. It takes a village mapping land rights in tanzania. This was the fifth census after the union of tanganyika and zanzibar in 1964. This act may be cited as the water resources managementact, 2009andshall come into operation on such date as the ministermay, by noticepublishedinthe gazette, appoint. The law gave rural residents usage rights on any land they had occupied. The outstanding difference of the tanzanian bills with other new land laws. Women in tanzania set for equal land rights lets make. The 1999 land act and village land act 4 for rights of occupancy s.
Local government authority has the meaning ascribed to it by section 2 ofthe act. However, each act defines general land differently. Acquisition of land by foreigners in tanzania lexology. The 1999 land act and vill age land act 4 for rights of occupancy s.
Content, experiences and challenges presentation for ms danish tanzania by emanuel mvula hakiardhidsm. Government act, 1982 section 22 of local government act no. Doc compensation of land and land value in tanzania. It is this law that maintains the notion that all land in tanzania is a public land and is entrusted to the president as a trustee. 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.
Section 20 of the principal act is amended by repealing. Focus on land the precarious position of tanzanias village. Like other reforms in the new wave of land reforms which have taken place in subsaharan africa, tanzania s reform decentralises land administration in rural areas and encourages land registration and titling. Following the tanzania national land policy in 1995, which set out the fundamental principles of land management, tanzania enacted the land act no. Reserve land accounts for 28 percent of all land in the country. Oct 15, 2014 women in tanzania have until now had tenuous rights to the land they rely on to feed their families. This act shall apply to mainland tanzania as well as tanzania zanzibar. Pdf village land use planning and commercialization of land. The village in tanzania has existed for a quarter of a century as the social, spatial and legal institutional foundation of tanzanian society. The land registration act an act to provide for the registration of land and for related matters.
In 1999, tanzania enacted a basic new land law in the form of the land act and the village land act. The reform is one out of many in a new wave of land reforms passed by subsaharan african countries during the last couple of decades wily 2003b. Historical background tanzania land tenure system 2. Short title and commencement interprettation caps 1 and 114 cap. Village land eg land occupied by tanzanians of african descent under customary law reserved land eg conservation areas and land for public utilities a person can. All land in tanzania is public land and remains vested in the president as trustee for and on behalf of all citizens of tanzania. Because most land is in rural areas about 70% as village land, while general land is 2% and reserved land. C o m m u n i t y b a s e d land tenure m a n a g e m e n t. The act provides, inter alia, the establishment, composition, functions and legislative powers of district, township councils and village authorities. 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. The 2012 population and housing census phc for united republic of tanzania was carried out on the 26th august, 2012. Protection and management of rivers, river banks and shores 56. The guidelines for participatory village land use management have come at a time when the government is carrying out major reforms aimed at strengthening local government authorities.
Women in tanzania set for equal land rights lets make sure. The provisions for a market in land one issue, which has received some attention, is the muchvaunted allowance for a land market. Local government district authorities act of 1982 creates district based local government authorities in tanzania. Special attention is paid to village governments in recognition of the fact that most of our people live in rural areas. Village land, which includes registered villages as well as any land that had been used or occupied by villagers for at least 12 years prior to enactment of the village land act, constitutes 70 percent of land in tanzania. Focus on land the precarious position of tanzanias. The law gave rural residents usage rights on any land they had occupied peacefully for more than 12 years. Though tanzania s land act and village land act both passed in 1999 provide for womens.
Jan 30, 2017 the land act cap 1 is the principal legislation governing general land management, ownership, settlement of disputes and related matters in tanzania. In this act, unless the context requires otherwiseappellate authority means the authority pursuantto section 107 ofthis act. Chapter 11 the magistrates courts act an act to provide for the jurisdiction, powers and functions of magistrates courts and for other related matters. Where the land is in rural area the same limitations apply and the land has to be identified, gazette and allocated to the tanzania investment centre tic. 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. Act, 2016, and shall come into operation on such date the minister may, by notice published in the gazette, appoint.
The whole point of the village land act is for devolved land administration, by the village, at the village, for the village. It is nomen juris for the reparation or satisfaction made to owner of the property which is taken over by acquiring authority for public. Mainland tanzania got its land reform in 1999 with the land act and the village land act. Village land use planning and commercialization of land in tanzania working paper pdf available march 2016 with 1,711 reads how we measure reads. Enactedby parliament of the united republic of tanzania. Women in tanzania have until now had tenuous rights to the land they rely on to feed their families. Though tanzanias land act and village land act both passed in 1999 provide for womens. The only attempt made was the introductions of rangelands under 1964 range development and management act. An act to provide for the basic law in relation to land other than the village. Special economic zones act, 2006 the commodity import support regulation amendment act, 1999 the export processing zones amendments act, 2006 the export processing zones amendments act, 2006 act no. The latter lays out the legal framework and procedures for most of ta n z a n i a s rural land to henceforth be governed through a community based land tenure management system. In 1999, tanzania enacted the village land act and the land act which recognize customary tenure and empower village governments to manage village land. Enacted by the parliament of the united republic of tanzania.
The land act cap 1 is the principal legislation governing general land management, ownership, settlement of disputes and related matters in tanzania. Compensation originates from latin word compesare which means to weigh one thing against the other. Guidelines for participatory village land use management. Land act, 1998 part i preliminary provisions short title and commencement. Declaration of protected river, riverbank, lake or lakeshores 55. By 2017, more than 11,000 of tanzanias approximately 12,500 villages had mapped their outer limits, and about % of villages had also adopted landuse plans. 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.
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