KNU land policy (English Version)

3.7.2 The right of occupation or use is limited to a person who is 18
years or older who has not been convicted of any violation of
law and who is determined to be:
(i) primarily resided in Kawthoolei since before 1988 other than
for periods of interruption caused by being a refugee or
internally displaced person or interruption due to incidental
travel;
(ii) resided in Kawthoolei after 1988 and who has performed
public services for the benefit of the indigenous people of
Kawthoolei; or
(iii) a resident of Kawthoolei and has evidence of prior occupation
or use rights in a parcel of land based on preexisting
evidence acceptable to KAD, the Central Land Committee,
village community and customary authorities;
(iv) a husband and wife with shared occupation or use rights
and recorded as such who [together] meet any of the above
criteria.
3.7.3 Any right of use shall be subject to a strict ceiling or such size
limits as KAD shall set, in consultation with the Central Land
Committee and with the FPIC of customary authorities or Village
Land Committee. The right of use limit is up to 20 acres for wet
rice farming and between 2 to 5 acres for silt land farming based
upon a determination of the sustainable fertility of the silt land.
In consultation with the Central Land Committee and only with
the FPIC of village community members and customary
authorities, and only if adhering to the vision and basic principles
of this policy, KAD may permit the 20-acre limit to be exceeded
up to a maximum of 50 acres in circumstances warranted by
existing patterns of use or by addition of a small area of adjacent
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