Decree No. 77/99 establishing the annual fees for land use
Made 1999-10-15 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- Portuguese; English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
- Country
- Mozambique
- Subjects
- Land and soil
- Keywords
- land tenure, taxes
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44 ....I ci: (.:) UJ ....I N 0 2 z 0 ~ V) a UJ ....I ~ ....I 0 z :s NB 4: For the purposes of the index in schedule 2 annexed to the Land Law Regulations, the districts referred to in article 2 of the Organisational Statute of the Development Planning Office for the Zambeze Region, annexed to Decree 40/95 of 22 August, are considered to be priority development zones. f) An other activities 30.000,00 MT /ha SCHEDULE 2 Indexes for adjustments to the annual fee based on the location and size of land plots and the purpose for which they are used Location: Maputo Province: Land plots bordering: Partial protection zones: Priority development zones: An other zones: Size: up to 100 ha From 101 to 1000 ha Over 1000 ha Purpose for which used: charitable associations SCHEDULE 3 Index applicable to annual fees payable by national, individual persons Index 2.0 1.5 0.5 1.0 ~ 1.0 1.5 2.0 0.5 Index applicable to annual fees payable by national, individual persons: 0.8 AUTHORISATION FEES AND ANNUAL FEES Decree No. 77 /99 of 15 October By Decree 66/98 of 8 December, the Land Law Regulations were passed, and attached to these are schedules setting out the authorisation fees and annual fees payable by applicants and titleholders of the right of land use and benefit, together with applicable adjustments. Taking into account the specific characteristics of certain activities, and under the authority vested in it by article 33 of Law 19/97 of 1 October, the Council of Ministers decrees: ARTICLE 1. The annual fee in respect of land used for the activities set out below is 2.000,00MT /hectare: a) Bovine cattle breeding; b) Repopulation of wildlife by means of wildlife farming; c) Permanent crops. ARTICLE 2. The index relating to the size of the area, as set out in schedule 2 to the Land Law Regulations, is not applicable to the activities referred to in the preceding article. ARTICLE 3 . The index relating to land plots located in Maputo province, as set out in schedule 2 to the Land Law Regulations, does not apply to the activity referred to in article 1 (a) hereof. ARTICLE 4. The annual fee relating to land destined for agricultural use is 15. 000, 00Mt/hectare. s: 0 N r rr, C') ~ r 45 46 ....I ci: <.:) UJ ....I N 0 :iE z 0 ~ V) a UJ ....I ~ ....I 0 z :s ARTICLE 5. The annual fee relating to land parcels of up to one hectare destined for the purposes of tourism, commercial housing and holiday homes, located in the three-kilometre strip of land abutting that part of the seashore which is in the public domain, is 200.000,00MT. ARTICLE 6. All other indexes for adjustments to annual fees as set out in schedules 2 and 3 of to the Land Law Regulations remain the same in cases of land destined for the activities referred to in articles 1 to 5 of this Decree. ARTICLE 7. For the purposes of the application of the index in schedule 2 to the Land Law Regulations, the districts referred to in article 2 of the Organisational Statute of the Zambeze Region Planning and Development Office, attached to Decree 40/95 of 22 August, are considered priority development zones. Approved by the Council of Ministers Let it be published. THE PRIME MINISTER Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES Office of the Minister In compliance with the regulations of the Land Law which was approved by decree No. 66/98, of 8 December, it has become necessary to define the requirements for the delimitation of areas occupied by local communities and by national individual persons occupying land in good faith, as well as land demarcation within the context of issuing titles relating to the right of land use and benefit. Under these terms, within the scope of the authority conferred by article 47 of the Regulations to the Land Law, the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries determines: Single article: The Technical Annex to the Regulations of the Land Law is hereby approved and annexed to this Ministerial Diploma and forms an integral part hereof. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, at Maputo, on 7 of December of 1999. THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES Carlos Agostinho do Rosario s: 0 N r rr, C') ~ r 47