Droits africains / African Legal Studies

Decree No. 47.486 regulating the ownership of lands occupied by non-owners, 6 January 1967

Order No. 20.116 approving urban planning of Nacala Town, 4 March 1967

Order No. 20.164 establishing protected areas in order to exploit hydropower generation, 18 March 1967

• Decree-Law No. 47.771 implementing Act 2.130 establishing the territorial sea baseline, 27 June 1967

Decree-Law No. 47344 approving the Civil Code, 7 December 1967 (revised on 9 August 2021)

• Decree No. 412/70 creating Overseas Provinces jurisdictional areas within coastal zones, river estuaries and harbours, 26 August 1970

• Act No. 6/73 approving the Overseas Land Act, 13 August 1973

• Decree-Law No. 31/76 establishing rights of the Popular Republic of Mozambique on economic resources of the adjacent sea, 19 August 1976

• Act No. 8/78 enforcing the foreign fishing Regulation, 22 April 1978

• Law No. 10/88 regulating the protection of national heritage, 22 December 1988

• Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique, 1 January 1990 (Revised on 12 June 2018)

Decree No. 38/90 creating and approving the Statute of the National Centre of Chartography (including by planes or satellites) (CENACARTA), 27 December 1990

Law No. 16/91 approving the Water Act, 3 August 1991

Decree No. 26/91 creating the Regional Water Administrations (ARA), 14 November 1991

Law No. 16/92 on the activities of sworn surveyors, 14 October 1992

Law No. 3/93 on Investments, 24 June 1993

Regulations on activities of sworn surveyors, 25 August 1993

Decree 9/97 amending the Regulations on activities of sworn surveyors, 22 April 1997

Land Act (No. 19/97), 1 October 1997

Land Act (No. 19/97), 1 October 1997

Act No. 20/97 approving the Environment Act, 1 Octobrer 1997

Decree No. 66/98 on Land Law Regulations, 8 December 1998

Decree No. 72/98 implementing the water supply policy, 23 décembre 1998

Ministerial Decision No. 76/99 establishing the fees for land use, 16 June 1999

Law No. 10/99 on Forest and Wildlife Act, 7 July 1999

Decree No. 77/99 establishing the annual fees for land use, 15 October 1999

Ministerial Decision No. 29-A/2000 approving the Technical Annex to the Land Act, 17 March 2000

Presidential Decree No. 10/2000 establishing the competencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 23 May 2000

Decree No. 12/2002 approving the Regulation on Forestry and Wildlife, 6 June 2002 (29 December 2017)

Decree No. 1/2003 amending Decree No. 66/98 regulating the Land Act, 18 February 2003

Law No. 4/2004 approving the Law on Tourism, 17 June 2004

Decree n. 13/2005 on cattle marking and registration, 10 June 2005

Law No. 8/2005 establishing the legal status of agricultural and livestock association, 23 December 2005

Decree No. 4/2006 approving the Code of Industrial Property, 12 April 2006

Decree-Law No. 2/2006 establishing requirements to create, recognize and register agricultural and livestock associations, 3 May 2006

Law No. 19/2007 on Land Use Planning, 18 July 2007

Decree No. 43/2007 approving the Regulation for licensing the concessions of water use,: 30 October 2007

• National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), December 2007, 4 December 2007

Decree No. 23/2008 approving the Regulation on Land Use Management, 1 July 2008

2009

Decree No. 6/2009 approving the Regulation on Pesticides Managemen, 31 March 2009

Decree No. 26/2009 approving the Regulation on Animal Health: 17 August 2009

2010

Fisheries Plan 2010-2019, 1 January 2010

Governmental Five-Year Programme 2010-2014, 1 April 2010

Decree No. 42/2010 creating the Consulting Forum on Land, 20 October 2010

Decree No. 43/2010 amending Land Law Regulation, 20 October 2010

Ministerial Order No. 181/2010 regulating land expropriation procedures, 3 November 2010

Irrigation Strategy, 1 December 2010

2011

Multisectoral Action Plan for the Reduction of Chronic Undernutrition in Mozambique, 1 January 2011

Strategic Plan for the Development of the Agrarian Sector 2011-2020 (PEDSA), 1 May 2011

Poverty Reduction Action Plan (PARP) 2011-2014, 3 May 2011

Ministerial Decision No. 158/2011 establishing procedures for consultation with the local communities on the use and property rights of land, 15 June 2011

Decree No. 52/2011 implementing the National Basic Social Security Strategy, 12 October 2011

2012

National Agriculture Investment Plan (PNISA) 2013–2017, 1 January 2012

Resolution No. 17/2010 approving National Basic Social Security Strategy, 1 June 2012

Law No. 17/2012 establishing principles and criteria for territorial sub-division, 14 August 2012

Resolution No. 38/2012 establishing Special Plan requirements for Land Planning within the Province of Tete, 8 November 2012

2013

• National Strategy for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change, 2013-2025, 1 January 2013

Decree No. 11/2013 approving the Regulation on Fertilizers, 10 April 2013

Decree No. 12/2013 approving the Regulation on Seeds, 10 April 2013

Fisheries Law No. 22/2013, 1 November 2013

2014

• National Development Strategy (2015-2035), 1 July 2014

Mining Act No. 20/2014, 18 August 2014

Law No. 21/2014 on Oil, 18 August 2014

• National System for Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change, 28 October 2014

2015

• Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) of Mozambique to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 1 January 2015

National Strategy and Action Plan of Biodiversity of Mozambique (2015-2035), 1 January 2015

National Sustainable Development Programme (PNDS) – Rural, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, 1 January 2015

Resolution No. 12/2015 approving Governmental Five-Year Programme 2015-2019, 14 April 2015

Programme of Intensification of Livestock Production (PIPEC) 2015-2019, 1 August 2015

Resolution No. 48/2015 authorizing the request for conversion of provisional authorization into definitive Right of Land Use and Exploitation (DUAT), 31 December 2015

2016

Gender Strategy and Action Plan for Agrarian Sector 2016-2025, 1 January 2016

Decree No. 6/2016 creating the National Fund for Sustainable Development (FNDS), 24 February 2016

Resolution No. 35/2016 approving the Statute of the Community Land Initiative Foundation (iTC-F), 21 December 2016

Resolution No. 42/2016 approving the Water Policy, 30 December 2016

2017

Decree No. 21/2017 approving the Regulation that establishes the Legal Regime for the National Maritime Zone use (RJUEM), 24 May 2017

Law No. 8/2017 on Nuclear Energy, 21 July 2017

Resolution No. 39/2017 approving the Policy and Strategy of the Sea (POLMAR), 14 September 2017

Decree No. 82/2017 approving the Hunting Regulation, 29 December 2017

Decree No. 89/2017 regulating the Law on Protection, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, 29 December 2017

Resolution No. 19/2017 approving the Statute of the National Fund for Sustainable Development (FNDS), 2017

2018

Decree No. 23/2018 approving the Regulation for the Implementation of Projects to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Conservation and Increase of Carbon Reserves (REDD+ Regulation), 3 May 2018

Constitution de 2004 révisée le 12 juin 2018

Ministerial Order No. 56/2018 creating the National Land Policy Review Committee, 12 June 2018

Resolution No. 40/2018 approving the Water Sector Action Plan for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Objectives 2015-2030, 24 October 2018

Law No. 17/2018 creating the National Quality System (SINAQ), 28 December 2018

2019

Resolution No. 11/2019 approving the National Plan for Water Resources Management, 12 March 2019

National Implementation Plan II (NIP II) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), 1 May 2019

Law of the Sea No. 20/2019, 8 November 2019

2020

Presidential Decree No. 4/2020 establishing attributions and powers of the Ministry of Land and Environment, created by Presidential Decree No. 1/2020 of 17 January and repealing Decree No. 13/2015 of 16 January March, 7 February 2020

Presidential Decree No. 11/2020 on the Declaration of State of Emergency for reasons of public disaster throughout the national territory, 30 March 2020

• Resolution No. 15/2020 approving the Government’s Five-Year Programme for 2020-2024, 14 April 2020

Resolution No. 10/2020 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Land and Environment, 6 May 2020

Ministerial Order No. 44/2020 approving the Regulation of the Ministry of Land and Environment, 18 August 2020

Law No. 10/2020 approving the Disaster Risk Management Act, 24 August 2020

Decree No. 76/2020 approving the Regulation of the Disaster Risk Management Act, 1 September 2020

Ministerial Order No. 47/2020 establishing Fees due for the Right to Use and Enjoy the Land, 14 September 2020

Decree No. 109/2020 redefining functions and competences of the National Institute of Meteorology, 17 December 2020

2021

Decree-Law No. 46/2021 establishing principles and rules for the activity of Energy Service Companies (ESE), 28 May 2021

Update of the First Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Period: 2020-2025, 1 November 2021

Resolution no. 41/2021 approving the Statute of the National Institution of Meteorology, IP, abbreviated as INAM, IP, 31 December 2021

2022

Decree No. 10/2022 establishing new structure and functioning of the National Centre for Cartography and Remote Sensing (CENACARTA), 24 March 2022

Ministerial Order No. 119/2022 approving the Internal Regulation of the National Institution of Meteorology, Public Institute, 24 November 2022

2023

Resolution No. 2/2023 approving the Statute of the National Centre for Cartography and Remote Sensing (CENACARTA, IP), 6 February 2023

Resolution No. 15/2023 creating the Technical-Scientific Commission on Climate Change (CTCMC), 24 April 2023