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Act amending the Decree containing rules relative to the the juridical status of lands allocated before 1 July 1982

Act · Made 2019-07

Act amending the Pesticides Act, 1972 (No. 18 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-02-24

Act amending the Suriname National Bureau of Standards Act (No. 42 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-03-06

Act establishing general rules on the Allocation of Lands of the Public Domain (Act on the allocation of Public Lands)

Act · Made 1937

Act implementing article 72 under c of the Constitution regarding the promulgation of the civil exceptional situation in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic (Exceptional Condition Law COVID - 19) (No. 83 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-04-09

Act laying down rules for Businesses and professions subject to a license (Business and Professions Act) (No. 40 of 2017)

Regulation · Made 2017-04-07

Act of 21 May 2024, amending the Environmental Framework Act

Act · Made 2024-05-21

Act of 29 November 1915 establishing a Police Penal Act

Act · Made 1915-11-29

Act of 30 December 2022, further amending the Petroleum Act

Act · Made 2022-12-30

Act of 30 March 2015, containing further amendments to the Criminal Code (G.B. 1911 no. 1, as last amended by S.B. 2012 no. 70) in connection with the revision of the Criminal Code

Act · Made 2015-03-30

Act of January 28, 2021, containing rules regarding the protection of food safety and the establishment of the National Institute for Food Safety Suriname

Act · Made 2021-01-28

Act of June 1, 2023, establishing the Suriname Tourism Authority

Act · Made 2023-06-01

Act on the Import and Export of Goods, 2003 (No. 58)

Act · Made 2003-07-08

Act on the Inspection of Meat and Other Products of Animal Origin (No. 17 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-27

Act relative to land for agricultural use (section 11)

Act · Made 1936-09-21

Act relative to the control of the exportation of timber

Act · Made 1950-01-05

Act relative to timber export duties 1946

Act · Made 1946-11-01

Act to amend the Act on Regional Bodies and the Water Boards Act 1931 (S.B. No. 28 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-03-24

Animal Welfare Order (No. 14 of 2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-02-02

Bauxite Companies Compensation Act

Act · Made 2019-09-06

Building Act

Act · Made 1956-04-06

Cadastre and Land Information System Act (Stb No. 149 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-09-25

Centre for Innovation and Productivity Act

Act · Made 2019-01-08

Constitution of the Republic of Suriname

Constitution · Made 1987

Decision for he Management Area North Commewijne/Marowijne

Regulation · Made 2002-03-04

Decision for the Management Area North Coronie

Regulation · Made 2001-03-25

Decision for the Management Area North Saramacca

Regulation · Made 2001-03-25

Decision of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of 20 March 2019 no. 630, laying down general conditions for companies and professions subject to a license

Regulation · Made 2019-03-20

Decree concerning measurement, marking and registration of timber (No. 6 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-01-09

Decree containing rules relative to the allocation of public land (No. 11 of 1982)

Regulation · Made 1982-06-15

Decree containing rules relative to the legal status of lands allocated before 1 July 1982

Regulation · Made 1982-06-15

Decree Negative List, 2003 (No. 58 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-09-18

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Finance No. 2275/0538 relative to determination of the method, measurement and weighing of and criteria and charges for the inspection of timber destined for exportation

Regulation · Made 1996-12-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Finance No. 1971/98 relative to rates of levy on the timber and other forestry products extracted from public land

Regulation · Made 1998-11-02

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 207/9961 of 2000 relative to the transportation of forestry products

Regulation · Made 2000-02-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 208 of 2000 relative timber destined to be placed on the market

Regulation · Made 2000-02-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 209 of 2000 relative statistical production data

Regulation · Made 2000-02-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 210 of 2000 relative the measurement, marking and registration of timber

Regulation · Made 2000-04-10

Repealed
Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 211 of 2000 establishing criteria for the granting of a permit for occasional timber logging

Regulation · Made 2000-02-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 212 of 2000 implementing comma 4 of section 32 of the Forestry Management Act 1992 to establish the contents of the Logging Register

Regulation · Made 2000-04-10

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 213 of 2000 implementing comma 1 of section 21 of the Forestry Management Act 1992 relative to application for exploration permits and concessions

Regulation · Made 2000-02-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 214 of 2000 implementing comma 3 of section 17 of the Forestry Management Act 1992 relative to transfer of an exploration permit and concession

Regulation · Made 2000-02-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 215 of 2000 implementing comma 3 of section 17 of the Forestry Management Act 1992 relative to charges on the transfer of an exploitation permit and concession

Regulation · Made 2000-02-17

Decree of the Minister of Natural Resources No. 228 of 2000 implementing section 46 of the Forestry Management Act 1992 relative to the Forestry Register

Regulation · Made 2000-04-10

Decree of the Minister to implement the Export Levy Law (No. 21 of 2019)

Regulation · Made 2019-02-22

Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries containing rules regarding the implementation of quality requirements for fisheries products (No. 10 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-21

Decree of the State amending the Decree of State placing restrictions on the importation and exportation of goods (negative list)

Regulation · Made 2000-06-09

Decree of the State making further provision with respect to the negative list in the sense of the Decree of State placing restrictions on the importation and exportation of goods

Regulation · Made 1999-11-17

Decree of the State placing restrictions on the importation and exportation of goods (negative list)

Regulation · Made 1999-03-31

Decree on the Task Description of Departments, 1991

Regulation · Made 1991-10-10

Decree to amend the Decree Negative List, 2006 (SB No. 20 of 2006)

Regulation · Made 2006-02-02

Decree to implement Article 10 of the Order to prevent animal diseases (No. 87 of 1963)

Regulation · Made 1963

Economic Offenses Act

Act · Made 1986-01-09

Electricity Act, 2016

Act · Made 2016-03-10

Energy Authority Suriname Act

Act · Made 2016-03-10

Environmental Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-05-07

Expropriation Act

Act · Made 1904-02-15

Final National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan for Suriname 2014-2021

policy · Made 2015-01

First National Action Plan on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Suriname

policy · Made 2023-12

Fish Inspection Act, 2000 (SB No. 107)

Act · Made 2000-11-16

Fish Inspection Decree (No. 9 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-11

Fish Stock Protection Decree 1961 (G.B. No. 44)

Regulation · Made 1961-06-20

Fish Stock Protection Law 1961

Act · Made 1961-03-25

Fisheries Management Plan for Suriname 2014-2018

policy · Made 2013-06-27

Foodstuffs Order 1911

Regulation · Made 1911

Forest Management Act of 1992

Act · Made 1992-09-18

Galibi Nature Conservation Decree

Regulation · Made 1969-05-23

Game Act 1954

Act · Made 1954-04-03

Gender Plan of Action 2019-2020

policy · Made 2019-06

Gender Vision Policy Document 2021-2035

policy · Made 2019-06

Guide to the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Suriname

Other · Made 2023-12

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution Under UNFCCC

policy · Made 2015-09-30

Jarikaba Protection Area Decree

Regulation · Made 2015-10-19

Law containing rules on prevention and fight against corruption and establish an Anti-corruption Commission, as well as amendment of the Criminal Code and the Domain Land Issuance Decree (Anti-Corruption Law)

Act · Made 2017-09-24

Law containing rules regarding the welfare of animals and further amendment of the Penal Code (Animal Welfare Law)(No. 4 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-01-16

Law Containing the Extension of the Territorial Sea of the Republic of Suriname and the Establishment of a Contiguous Economic Zone

Act · Made 1978-04-14

Repealed
Law on Regional Bodies

Act · Made 1989-06-29

Law to lay down rules for the imposition of an export levy (Export Levy Law) (No. 29 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-03-31

Law to lay down rules for the production, quality, certification and placing on the market of seed (Seed Act) (No. 51 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-05-04

Maritime Authority Act (No. 37 of 2002)

Act · Made 1998-03-30

Maritime Zone Law (No. 41 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-04-07

Meat Inspection Order (No. 45 of 1961)

Regulation · Made 1961-03-25

Mining Decree

Regulation · Made 1986-05-08

Ministerial Decision of 30 December 1987, no. 4423/0880 concerning the establishment of the Bigi Pan special management area

Regulation · Made 1987-12-30

Multi-Annual Development Plan 2022-2026 - - Flipthinking, Connecting, Acting

policy · Made 2021-12-20

National Agricultural Innovation Strategy of the Republic of Suriname

policy · Made 2013-09

National and Regional Planning Ordinance

Act · Made 1973-06-13

National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP)

policy · Made 2013-02

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2006 – 2020)

policy · Made 2006-03

National Decree designating an area belonging to the National Domain as a nature reserve

Regulation · Made 1972-01-22

National Decree of 31 January 1972 designating an area belonging to the National Domain as a nature reserve

Regulation · Made 1972-01-31

National Forest Policy of Suriname

policy · Made 2006

National Health Sector Plan 2011-2018

policy · Made 2011-10

National Implementation Plan (NIP) Update for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) for Suriname

policy · Made 2019-01

National Plan for Forest Cover Monitoring

policy · Made 2014

National REDD+ Strategy From Suriname

policy · Made 2019

Nationally Determined Contribution 2020

policy · Made 2019-12

Nature Conservation Act 1954

Act · Made 1954-04-03

Nature Conservation Decree

Regulation · Made 1966-04-22

Nature Conservation Decree, 1986

Regulation · Made 1986-08-26

Nature Conservation Decree 1998

Regulation · Made 1998-07-31

Order containing rules relative to the establishment of the Land Office

Act · Made 1982-06-15

Order Establishing CITES Management Authority

Regulation · Made 2016-04-15

Order no. Na. 0567A-16/Min RGB of 2016 establishing a CITES Scientific Authority

Regulation · Made 2016-04-15

Order of the Minister of Finance and Planning of October 2, 2025, La.F. no. 2138, concerning the import of agricultural chemicals

Regulation · Made 2025-10-02

Order of the Minister of Natural Resources concerning the allocation and use of public land in Estuarine Management Areas (Stb. 16 of 2005)

Regulation · Made 2005-02-15

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries concerning rules for the use of food additives in the preparation of fish products (Food Additives Order) (SB No. 14 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-21

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries containing rules regarding the implementation of internal health inspections (HACCP Order) (No. 13 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-21

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries concerning rules for the establishment of reference methods and conditions for the measurement of concentrations of basic volatile nitrogen (TVB - N - Order).(No. 12 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-21

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries containing rules for the establishment of quality requirements for processed water and clean seawater (No. 11 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-21

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries containing rules regarding the implementation of quality requirements for fish products from the moment of catch (General requirements Order) (SB No. 10 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-02-12

Order on Policy Principles of Land Governance

Regulation · Made 1982-06-15

Order to prevent animal diseases (No. 23 of 1954)

Regulation · Made 1954-04-03

Ordinance regulating import, sale and use of vaccines, sera and biological diagnostics intended for use in animals

Act · Made 1959-09-01

Pesticides Act, 1972 (G.B. 1972 no. 151)

Act · Made 1972-12-07

Petroleum Act

Act · Made 1991-03-06

Plant Protection Act, 1965

Act · Made 1965-09-08

Plant Protection Act, 2020 (No. 78 of 2020)

Act · Made 2020-03-31

Policy Development Plan 2017-2021

policy · Made 2017-01

Process Water Order no. 4752 of 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-08-05

Public Domain Decree (No. 125 of 1981)

Act · Made 1981-08-08

Resolution of August 6, 2018 No. 8537/18, establishing Plan Units in each Ministry

Regulation · Made 2018-08-06

Sea Fishery Act 1980

Act · Made 1980-12-31

Seabob Trawl Fishery Management Plan 2023-2026

policy · Made 2023-10

Sixth Agricultural Census Act 2025

Act · Made 2024-12-30

Standards Act

Act · Made 2004-08-20

STATE DECREE containing rules for the implementation of articles 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 73, 23 and 23a of the 1954 Hunting Act (G.8. 1954 no. 25, as last amended by SB 1997 no. 33) (Hunting Decree 2002 )

Regulation · Made 2002-12-27

State Decree containing rules relative to the transfer of public land (Stb. No. 22 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-02-24

State Decree of 14 October 2020, further amending the Departmental Task Description Decree 1991

Regulation · Made 2020-10-14

STATE DECREE of April 16, 2012, in implementation of article 13 of the Pesticides Act 1972 (G.B. 1972 no.151, as last amended in S.B. 2005 no.18)

Regulation · Made 2012-04-16

STATE DECREE of April 16, 2012, in implementation of article 9 paragraph 6 of the Pesticides Act 1972 (Pesticides Decree 2011)

Regulation · Made 2012-04-16

State Decree to implement Articles 1 and 3 of the Building Act

Regulation · Made 2002

State Order containing rules for the implementation of article 2, paragraph 3 of the Game Decree 2002 (S.B. 2002 No. 116)

Regulation · Made 2009-02-12

Suriname National Adaptation Plan 2019 - 2029

policy · Made 2019

Suriname National Bureau of Standards Act (No. 30 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-02-22

The New Civil Code of Suriname

Act · Made 2024-08-13

Tourism Framework Act

Act · Made 2023-06-01

Town and Country Planning Act

Act · Made 1972

Updating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Suriname (NBSAP Project)

policy · Made 2024-04