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EGY-1992-L-31252
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Title_of_text
Act No. 96, 1992, to amend certain provisions of Legislative Decree No.178, 1952, on Land Reform.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Egypt
Subjects (Classification)
Agriculture workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-06-27
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Overturns land reform legislation enacted after the 1952 revolution. Land owners can now increase the annual rent for agricultural land up to a ceiling of 22 times the tax levied on the land, up from the previous ceiling of 7 times the tax. All current leases on agricultural land must be renegotiated by the end of agricultural year 1996-97. Owners are now allowed to sell their land without their tenants' consent.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1992-07-05
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Serial region
Serial title
Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya
Date
1992-06-28
Volume
Vol. 35
Number
No. 26bis
Page range
pp. 1-7