Act on the protection of agricultural and forest land.

This Act lays down principles of protection of agricultural and forest land, recultivation and improvement of land quality. Agricultural lands are protected by: limitation of their allocation for other purposes; prevention from degradation and devastation; recultivation; and preservation of peat areas and natural water reservoirs. Forest lands are protected by: limitation of their allocation for other purposes; prevention from degradation and devastation; restoration of land value; and prevention from reduction of productivity. The present Act is composed of the following Sections: General provisions (Sec. 1); Limitation of allocation of land for non-agricultural and non-forest purposes (Sec. 2); Excluding the land from agricultural or forest production (Sec. 3); Preventing land degradation (Sec. 4); Recultivation and use of land (Sec. 5); Revenue relating to the exclusion of agricultural land from the production (Sec. 5a); Control of implementing provisions established by this Act (Sec. 7); Transitional and final provisions (Sec. 8).