Guangdong Province, Circular on the Promotion of the Model Text for the «Contract for Passing on the Contracted Management Rights in Rural Land in Guangdong Province»

广东省关于推行《广东省农村土地承包经营权流转合同》示范文本的通知

June 06, 2009 | BY

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Guangdong issues model contract text to protect contracted rural land.

Clp Reference: 4100/09.03.09 Promulgated: 2009-03-09 Effective: 2009-04-01

Issued: March 9 2009
Effective: April 1 2009

Main contents: Clause (2) of Article 4 of the Model Contract Text stipulates that where the assignee of the contracted management rights in rural land changes the agricultural use of the land without authorisation or uses the land in such an irrational way that results in permanent damage to the land, the assignor may, upon confirmation by the relevant state departments, recover the leaseholds and confiscate the contractual deposit. The assignee shall assume the liability for recovering the function of the land and, where the said function cannot be fully recovered, the liability for compensation.

Related legislation: Duly Handling the Current Administration of and Services for the Passing on of the Contracted Management Rights in Rural Land, 2008 and PRC Contract Law, Mar 15 1999, CLP 1999 No.4 p.19

clp reference:4100/09.03.09/GDpromulgated:2009-03-09effective:2009-04-01

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