Peasant Associations Consolidation Proclamation No. 223/1982.

The Proclamation regulates the following matters: objectives, powers and duties of Peasant Associations, organization and method of work of Peasant Associations, membership; rights and duties of members. Further provisions regard the Kebele Peasant Association; Provincial, Awraja and Woreda Peasant Associations, and all Ethiopian Peasant associations. Moreover, the Proclamation deals with judicial tribunals, the Revolution Defence Committee and the Permanent Secretariat.