Foreign investors, including foreign majority-owned firms established in Mozambique, are allowed to hold land use rights (Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento da Terra or DUAT) provided its for business purposes and subject to approval by the administration. The DUAT concession comprises two phases: (i) provisional phase; and (ii) definitive phase. The interim phase is the phase during which the holder must start the development plan and eventually complete the development. With regard to concessions granted to foreign entities (citizens or foreign entities and/or entities mostly controlled by foreign entities), the duration of the provisional phase is 2 (two) years. In relation to national persons (national citizens or legal persons mostly controlled by foreign entities), the duration is extended to 5 (five) years.
"ARTICLE 1
(Definitions)
For the purposes of this Law, it is understood by: [...]
8. National legal person: any company or institution constituted and registered under the terms of Mozambican legislation, with headquarters in the Republic of Mozambique, whose share capital belongs, at least in fifty percent, to national citizens, Mozambican companies or institutions, private or public .
9. Foreign legal persons: any company or institution constituted under the terms of Mozambican or foreign legislation, whose share capital is held by more than fifty percent of foreign citizens, companies or institutions.
10. National individual: any citizen of Mozambican nationality.
11. Foreign natural person: any natural person whose nationality is not Mozambican.
[...]
CHAPTER III - RIGHT TO USE AND USE LAND
ARTICLE 10
(National persons)
1. National, collective and individual persons, men and women, as well as local communities may be subjects of the right to use and benefit from the land.
2. National natural or legal persons may obtain the right to use and benefit from the land, individually or jointly with other natural or legal persons, in the form of joint ownership.
3. The right to use and enjoy the land of local communities complies with the principles of joint ownership, for all purposes of this Law.
ARTICLE II
(Foreign persons)
Foreign natural and legal persons may be subject to the right to use and benefit from the land, provided that they have a duly approved investment project and observe the following conditions:
a) being natural persons, provided that they have resided for at least five years in the Republic of Mozambique;
b) being legal persons, provided that they are incorporated or registered in the Republic of Mozambique.[...]" (Land Law No. 19/97 of 1st October 1997 [google translation])
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"Article 28
provisional authorization
1. Once the process is completed, the Registry Services will submit the proposal to the Governor of the Province for decision,
in the cases within its competence.
2. In other cases, after consideration by the Governor of the Province, the process will be sent to the Central Registry Service, which will submit it to the decision of the competent entity.
3. In both cases mentioned above, the authorization issued will be provisional, valid for a period of five years for nationals and two years for foreigners.[...]" (Decree No. 66/98 of 8 December 1998 on Land Law Regulations. [google translation])
Land Law No. 19/97 of 1st October 1997  [google translation]
Decree No. 66/98 of 8 December 1998 on Land Law Regulations. [google translation]
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