Tanzania
Regulation of Land Tenure (Established Villages) Act
Chapter 267
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
- Commenced on 1 January 1993
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Regulation of Land Tenure (Established Villages) Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act unless the context requires otherwise—"High Court" means the High Court (Land Division);"Minister" means the Minister for the time being responsible for lands;"Operation Vijiji" means the settlement or re-settlement of people in villages during and at any time between the years 1970 and 1977, for the purpose of implementing the policy of villagisation;"Tribunal" means the District Land and Housing Tribunal;"village land" means all the land within the boundaries of any village established as the result of Operation Vijiji, whether or not such area has been registered as a village in accordance with section 22 of the Local Government District Authorities) Act 1.3. Extinction of certain rights
4. Claims for compensation
Where in any proceedings instituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it is proved to the satisfaction of the Tribunal that—5. ***
[Repealed by Act No. 18 of 1995 Sch.]6. Institution of proceedings
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[Repealed by Act No. 2 of 2002 Sch.]8. ***
[Repealed by Act No. 2 of 2002 Sch.]9. ***
[Repealed by Act No. 2 of 2002 Sch.]10. ***
[Repealed by Act No. 2 of 2002 Sch.]11. Amendment of R.L. Cap. 113
[Amends the Land Ordinance]12. Revocation of G.N. No. 88 of 1987
[Revokes the Extinction of Customary Land Rights Order]History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
01 January 1993
Commenced
Cited documents 2
Legislation 2
1. | Land Act | 1268 citations |
2. | Local Government (District Authorities) Act, 1982 | 28 citations |