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The Vacant, Fallow and Virgin (VFV) Lands Management Law (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No.10 of 2012)

This Law, consisting of ten Chapters, regulates the following aspects related to vacant, fallow and virgin lands as follows: Name and Definitions (Chap. I); Formation, composition and responsibilities of Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Central Committee (Chap. II); Land Right, Right to use vacant, fallow and virgin lands (Chap. III); Conditions in Accordance with Right to do, Right to Utilize Land of Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands (Chap. IV); Security Fees and Land Revenue (Chap. V).

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Additional Info

Field Value
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Myanmar
Document reference # The Vacant, Fallow and Virgin (VFV) Lands Management Law (2012)
Issuing agency/parties
  • Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Language
  • English
Formal type of document Law
Topics
  • Forest policy and administration
  • Land policy and administration
  • Laws and regulations
  • Legal and judicial reform
  • Logging and timber
License Creative Commons Attribution
Copyright No
Access and use constraints

No known access and use constraints.

Status Signed and in effect
Adoption date/Enacted/Promulgation date/Signing date March 20, 2012
Effective/Enforced Date March 20, 2012
Publication reference The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw enacted this Law.
Links to source http://www.forestlegality.org/sites/default/files/country_documents/Vacant%20Fallow%20and%20Virgin%20Lands%20Management%20Law_Myanmar_0.pdf
Notes

The law was signed by the President of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar U Thein Sein.

Keywords V4MF,FLEGT,land management,VFV
Date uploaded July 27, 2018, 21:19 (UTC)
Date modified July 25, 2020, 11:47 (UTC)