Examples of The Restitution of Land Rights Act in a sentence
The Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 defines community to mean ‘any group of persons whose rights to land are derived from shared rules determining land held in common by such group, and includes part of any such group.’ The definition in the Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act 31 of 1996 is similar, also including ‘a portion of such group’ within the definition of community.
The Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 currently affects many areas in South Africa in respect of which land claims have been registered with the Regional Land Claims Commissioner.
The Restitution of Land Rights Act (22 of 1994) provided a framework for redress to those dispossessed of land through racist policy or legislation, where “claims can be compensated by transfers of land or other means, including cash payments” (Fraser, 2008, p.
The Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 provided the legal framework for a process of land reform in the form of redressing injustices of the past.
The aim was to address the socio-political injustices and aberrations of the previous governments: • The Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 (as amended)• Communal Land Rights Act 11 of 2004 a) The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 The Constitution, protecting citizens’ basic human rights, opened the way to reflect on land rights.
See, for example, J.T. Roux 'The Restitution of Land Rights Act' in Budlender, Latsky and Roux 'Juta's New Land Law' (1998) 3A-16.
The Restitution of Land Rights Act (1994) as amended provides that all claims must be received by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights by no later than 31st December 1998.
The applicant’s hourly rate must include all costs associated with performing transition services.
One such mechanisms is the restitution programme, whose mandate is set out in the section 25 (7) of the Constitution which states “a person or community dispossessed of property after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to restitution of that property or to equitable redress.” The Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 provides the framework through which the right to restitution is given effect.
It does not set out the steps to be followed in terms of The Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act 22 of 1994) or the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996 (Act 3 of 1996).