Laws and Regulation
Kampong Chhnang Province Prepares Three Land Zones
The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Land Management Committee has prepared a plan to cut the land into three zones in Kampong Chhnang province. The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Land Management Committee held a meeting on 23 June chaired by Mr Sann Yu, Deputy Governor of Kampong Chhnang Province to review the progress of the plan to cut the land into three zones for the people in the province. Mr Ly...
Read MoreSiem Reap Provincial Authority Announce Immediate Demolition of Buildings Along Eight Roads to Prepare for New Road Construction
The Siem Reap Provincial Authority has ordered all owners to immediately demolish any buildings along eight roads in Siem Reap City within 15 days from the date of this announcement, and will soon start construction projects on these roads, according to an announcement dated on 23 June 2022. All business buildings, houses, constructions, and other properties that are affected and, on the land, ...
Read MoreMLMUPC Amends Article 3 of Prakas No. 013 to Facilitate Applications for Construction Permits
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction amended the seventh and eighth points in Article 3 of Prakas No. 013 dated 20 January 2022 on the form and context of construction permits. According to Prakas No. 096 dated 22 June 2022, the new revision aims to facilitate applying procedures for a construction permit as follows: New 7th point: Cadastral Certificate refers t...
Read MoreMPWT Discusses Two Draft Laws on Road & Rail Use
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has discussed the draft sub-decree on the management of the use of roadside land and the draft sub-decree on the management of intersection points and the use of railway land along the railways. The meeting was held on 21 June, chaired by HE Secretary of State Pal Chandara, with the participation of the ministry’s officials, and the working group in ch...
Read MoreGovernment Establishes Capital-Provincial Investment Sub-Committee to Promote Investment Activities
Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, issued a sub-decree establishing the Capital-Provincial Investment Sub-Committee as a mechanism for reviewing private investment and resolving disputes related to investment projects. The Sub-Decree dated 20 June 2022, stated that the governors of all capital/provinces are the chairman and deputy governors of capital/provinces are the deputy ch...
Read MoreGDT Starts Listing & Updating Real Estate Information in Svay Rieng Province
The General Department of Taxation will start the work of listing and updating real estate information in Svay Rieng province aimed to collect real estate data for the benefit of tax revenue collection. The GDT in cooperation with the Svay Rieng Provincial Administration, organized a meeting on the preparation for listing and updating of real estate information on June 17, with the participatio...
Read MoreMLMUPC Changes Registration Documents of One Spouse’s Separate Property from Word “Dead” to “Giver”
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) has announced a change in the registration documents of one spouse’s separate property which is widower or widow because of the death of another spouse, according to a letter 2391 dated 06 June 2022. This change refers to changing the word from “Dead” to “Giver” instead of based on the Civil Code 2007 in the property regi...
Read MoreUnderstanding the 3 Authentic Deed Forms for Real Estate Sale & Purchase in Cambodia
Have you ever noticed the forms of sale and purchase contracts for land or houses? All of these forms are called “Authentic Deeds”. According to Article 9 of the Law on The Implementation of Civil Code, sale and purchase contracts or gift contracts must be written in the form of authentic deeds to have the effect of a contract in order to transfer ownership of the real estate. So, the real e...
Read MoreCambodia-Australia officially announces New Regulations on Health and Safety for construction sites
New regulations on health and safety at construction sites have been officially announced to save lives at construction sites. These regulations have been announced on 7 June 2022 under HE Leang Monirith, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and Mr Robin Flint, First Secretary of the Australian Embassy in the Kingdom of Cambodia. They were joine...
Read MoreRoyal Government Creates Special Working Group to Study National Building Technical Regulations
The royal government of Cambodia has created the National Council for Building Technical Regulations to study and develop effective and sustainable regulations in accordance with article 11 of the Law on Construction. Created by Sub-decree 103 dated 31 May 2022, the national council has 26 representatives of relevant ministries/institutions and the private sector as members, chaired by the Mini...
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