Malawi Physical Planning Act, 2016 Act 17 of 2016 Published in Malawi Government Gazette on 2 September 2016 Assented to on 1 September 2016 Commenced on 20 April 2018 by Physical Planning Act, 2016: Commencement [This is the version of this document from 2 September 2016.] An Act to make provision for physical planning and the orderly and progressive development of land in both urban and rural...

Ghana Land Use and Spatial Planning Act, 2016 Act 925 of 2016 Published in Ghana Gazette 108 on 22 September 2016 Assented to on 14 September 2016 Commenced on 22 September 2016 [This is the version of this document from 22 September 2016.] AN ACT to revise and consolidate the laws on land use and spatial planning, provide for sustainable development of land and human settlements through a...

Zambia Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2015 Act 3 of 2015 Published in Government Gazette on 14 August 2015 Assented to on 14 August 2015 Commenced on 14 August 2015 [This is the version of this document from 14 August 2015.] An Act to provide for development, planning and administration principles, standards and requirements for urban and regional planning processes and systems; provide for a...

Trinidad and Tobago Planning and Facilitation of Development Act 2014 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT relating to the planning and development of land and to repeal and replace the Town and Country Planning Act, Chap. 35:01 WHEREAS it is provided by subsection (1) of section 13 of the Constitution that an Act of Parliament to which that...

Kenya Land Act Act 6 of 2012 Published in Kenya Gazette 35 on 4 May 2012 Assented to on 27 April 2012 Commenced on 2 May 2012 [This is the version of this document from 31 December 2022.] [Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2015 (Act 25 of 2015) on 24 December 2015] [Amended by Land Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act 28 of 2016) on 21 September 2016] [Amended by Companies and...

Namibia Flexible Land Tenure Act, 2012 Act 4 of 2012 Published in Government Gazette 4963 on 13 June 2012 Assented to on 14 May 2012 Commenced on 31 May 2018 by Determination of date of coming into operation of Flexible Land Tenure Act, 2012 [This is the version of this document from 13 June 2012.] ACT To create new forms of title to immovable property; to create a register for these forms of...

Uganda Physical Planning Act, 2010 Chapter 142 Published in Uganda Gazette 32 on 28 May 2010 Assented to on 28 April 2010 Commenced on 29 April 2011 by Physical Planning Act (Commencement) Instrument, 2011 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2023.] [Note: This legislation was revised and consolidated as at 31 December 2000 and 31 December 2023 by the Law Reform Commission of...

Samoa Planning and Urban Management Act 2004 Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] AN ACT to establish a Planning and Urban Management Agency and to implement a framework for planning the use, development, management and protection of land in Samoa in the present and long-term interests of all Samoans and for related purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the...

Zambia Lands Act Chapter 184 Published Commenced on 13 September 1995 [This is the version of this document from 1 January 2016.] [This legislation has been revised and consolidated by the Ministry of Legal Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Zambia. This version is up-to-date as at 31st December 1996. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for ZAMBIALII...

Nigeria Land Use Act 1978 Commenced on 27 March 1978 [This is the version of this document at 1 January 2019.] An Act to Vest all Land compromised in the territory of each State (except land vested in the Federal government or its agencies) solely in the Governor of the State , who would hold such Land in trust for the people and would henceforth be responsible for allocation of land in all urban...