State Act
Section 325
Art. 325 – Grant of lands shown below, by way of aforamento is forbidden:– 1) The lands earmarked for the use of the community; 2) Land necessary for cattle grazing; 3) Land reserved for easement of neighbours; 4) Lands earmarked for threshing and other ordinary works related to; cultivation and protection of the paddy fields; 5) Lands reserved for reservoirs of waters for irrigation of fields and breeding fish; 6) The open yards in front of temples of any religion and cemeteries and plots adjacent to markets places up to 10 m. on each side; 7) The lands which are locked within paddy fields of the comunidade and the rivulets of casana land. § 1. The lands mentioned in this article, and those abutting public ways and paddy fields, within a radius of 50 meters earmarked exclusively for grant in emphyteusis, for building houses and those that can be used for cultivation by the comunidade, shall be identified, described and demarcated if they have not been demarcated before in cadastral survey of the comunidade. A respective record shall be drawn and enter in the Tombo 1’ of the comunidade. § 2. This identification shall be done by the managing committee with the help of a surveyor. In cases of the lands that can be brought under cultivation, an expert in agriculture shall also be heard. § 3. Whenever necessary, the administrator shall inspect the works, by solving in loco any doubts that may arise. § 4. Once the demarcation is done, the provisions of article 212, to the extent applicable, shall be observed. § 5. Until the identification of lands, referred in paragraph 1, is not done, no aforamento shall be granted nor confirmed. § 6. After the lands that can be used for cultivation are separated, the managing committee, with the help of the agricultural expert, shall prepare the map of cultivation with necessary estimates for the execution of works in one or more lots, so that cultivation can be done with financial capacity of the comunidade. § 7. The emphyteusis granted, in contravention of previous paragraphs, shall be null and with no effect and the persons that contributed to such grants shall be liable for damages.