Research of Changing Usage and Fragmentation of Agricultural lands and Gardens Law with emphasis on Civilian and Criminal Sanctions

Pilvar, Rahim; Rajabi, Maryam

doi:10.22106/rlr.2022.522334.1017

Research of Changing Usage and Fragmentation of Agricultural lands and Gardens Law with emphasis on Civilian and Criminal Sanctions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Rahim Pilvar ¹

Maryam Rajabi ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Private Law, Farabi College, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

² Master's degree, Department of Private Law, Farabi Faculty, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran

10.22106/rlr.2022.522334.1017

Abstract

Changing the usage of agricultural lands which has been set out for about 60 years has been increased anxiously in recent decades and it is regarded as an essential barrier for sustainable development and food safety. Accordingly, the optimal utilization and protection of land—particularly agricultural land as a source of food supply and a guarantor of the continuity of human life—is one of the key responsibilities of governments and the people in every society.
The succinct conclusion of the research posits that the State, conditioned upon the public interest, possesses the authority to impose limitations on individuals' ownership rights concerning agricultural lands, and to render certain acts of disposition on such lands subject to obtaining legal authorizations from competent authorities. Disobedience to legal limitations will end in civil and criminal Sanctions. But predicted civil and criminal sanctions of changing usage of agricultural lands rules in our country have some defects, therefore these defects are useful for offenders.

Keywords

Agricultural lands and gardens

Changing the usage

Fragmentation of agricultural lands

Public interest

Property restrictions