# ANNEX B: LAWS / POLICIES / REGULATIONS GOVERNING LAND ASSEMBLY / ACQUISITION / TITLE / TENURE - [1. Land Act, No. 6 of 2012](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/1.-land-act-no.-6-of-2012.md): The law provides for a harmonized and uniform substance of land law in Kenya. - [2. Land Registration Act, No. 3 of 2012](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/2.-land-registration-act-no.-3-of-2012.md): The law provides for processes of registration of land/properties in Kenya. - [3. Idle Land Taxation Policy 2018](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/3.-idle-land-taxation-policy-2018.md): The proposed Policy sought to levy takes on idle land to deal with speculation of land which leads to artificially high prices of land. - [4. Community Land Act. No. 27 of 2016](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/4.-community-land-act.-no.-27-of-2016.md): The law provides for recognition and regulation of community land, which is a form of land tenure whereby land is owned by communities as proprietors. - [5. Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009, the National Land Policy](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/5.-sessional-paper-no.-3-of-2009-the-national-land-policy.md): The Policy is the major policy document governing the entire land sector and which informs laws in the Kenyan land sector. - [6. National Land Commission Act, No. 5 of 2012](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/6.-national-land-commission-act-no.-5-of-2012.md): The law further establishes and provides for functions of the National Land Commission established for managing public land. - [7. National Land Commission (Investigation of Historical Land Injustices) Regulations, 2017](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/7.-national-land-commission-investigation-of-historical-land-injustices-regulations-2017.md): The Regulations provide procedures and modes of resolving historical land injustices (those that took place between 15th June 1895 when Kenya became a British protectorate and 27th August 2010. - [8. National Land Commission (Amendment) Act, 2025](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/8.-national-land-commission-amendment-act-2025.md): The Act amends the NLC Act 2012 to allow the National Land Commission to continue reviewing grants of public land to extend the statutory period for admitting historical injustice claims - [9. Land Control Act (Cap 302), 1967](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/9.-land-control-act-cap-302-1967.md): The law provides for control of land transactions relating to agricultural land by requiring consent from the Land Control Boards. - [10. Land Control Bill, 2023](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/10.-land-control-bill-2023.md): The Bill seeks to repeal and replace the current Land Control Act (Cap 302) to align it within the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and other applicable laws. - [11. Environment and Land Court Act No. 19 of 2011](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/11.-environment-and-land-court-act-no.-19-of-2011.md): The law establishes the Environment and Land Court to determine land and environment disputes to reduce the backlog of cases and promote expeditious resolution of disputes. - [12. Survey Act No. 25 of 1961 (Cap 299)](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/12.-survey-act-no.-25-of-1961-cap-299.md): The law provides for land surveying and licensing of surveyors, and establishes of Land Surveyors' Board to regulate the practice of surveyors as professionals. - [13. Land Registration (General) Regulations, 2017](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/13.-land-registration-general-regulations-2017.md): These Regulations provide for various Forms/Schedules to be used in property transfers/transactions. - [14. Land Registration (Registration Units) Order, 2017](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/14.-land-registration-registration-units-order-2017.md): The Regulations provide for the process of converting old titles and registers to new titles and registers required under the new laws (title migration/conversion). - [15. Sectional Properties Act, No. 21 of 2020](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/15.-sectional-properties-act-no.-21-of-2020.md): The law repeals the 1987 Act and provides for division of buildings into units to be owned by individual proprietors and common property to be owned by proprietors of the units as tenants in common. - [16. Land (Amendment) Act 2025](https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure/16.-land-amendment-act-2025.md): The Land (Amendment) Act, 2025, seeks to amend the Land Act to provide for the registration of public land and land set aside for public purpose. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cahf.gitbook.io/kenya-legal-policy-and-institutional-review/annex-b-laws-policies-regulations-governing-land-assembly-acquisition-title-tenure.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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