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Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

Jerusalem, 20 February 1940

In exercise of the powers vested in me by Article 16D of the Palestine Orders in Council, 1922 to 1939, I Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael, K.C.M.G., D.S.O, High Commissioner for Palestine, do hereby make the following regulations:-

Citation and Commencement

1. These regulations may be cited as the Land Transfers Regulations, 1940, and shall be deemed to have come into force on the eighteenth day of May, 1939.

Definitions of Zone  A and Zone B

2. For the purpose of these regulations there shall be two zones in Palestine which shall be demarcated as set out in the Schedule hereto.

The boundaries of Zone A and Zone B are indicated on the Pal­estine Index to Villages and Settlements Map signed by the High Commissioner which is deposited in the office of the Director of Land Registration and is available for inspection during office hours.

Transfer of land within Zone A.

3. The transfer of land situated within Zone A save to a Pal­estinian Arab shall be prohibited:

Provided that the High Commissioner may, if he considers it desirable so to do -

(a) permit of the mortgage of such land to such companies or societies as he may approve;

(b) permit the transfer of such land by Palestinian Arabs to religious or charitable institutions;

(c) permit the transfer of such land to persons not being Palestinian Arabs if in his opinion such transfer is necessary for the purpose of consolidating existing holdings, or of effecting the parcellation of village musha’ within the mean­ing of the Land (Settlement of Title) Ordinance;

(d) in the case of land within the said Zone owned by persons not being Palestinian Arabs, by general or special order, permit the transfer of such land to persons not being Pal­estinian Arabs;

Provided further that the High Commissioner may, if he con­siders it desirable so to do, authorize the transfer of any land situated within the said Zone to persons not being Palestinian Arabs, if application for the registration of such transfer was lodged in the Land Registry before the date of publication of these regula­tions in the Gazette;

Provided further that this regulation shall not apply to any transfer of land made in the execution of any judgment or order of a Court, Chief Execution Officer or Land Settlement Officer -

(a) in satisfaction of a mortgage executed and registered be­fore the date of the coming into force of these regulations, or

(b) delivered or made before the date of publication of these regulations in the Gazette.

Transfer of land within Zone B.

4. The transfer of land situated within Zone B, by a Pales­tinian Arab save to a Palestinian Arab, shall be prohibited unless the person to whom such transfer is intended to be made has received the approval in writing of the High Commissioner which he may in his unfettered discretion grant or refuse:

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any transfer of land made in the execution of any judgment or order of a Court, Chief Execution Officer or Land Settlement Officer -

(a) in satisfaction of a mortgage executed and registered before the date of the coming into force of these regulations, or

(b) delivered or made before the date of publication of these regulations in the Gazette.

Effect of transfer   of land in contravention of these regulations.

5. Any transfer of land made in contravention of the provisions of these regulations shall be null and void.

 

Provisions         with regard to affidavits.

6.- (1) The High Commissioner may require any person making application for the High Commissioner's approval to the transfer of any land under these regulations, to support such application by affidavits by himself or any other person.

(2) Any person -

(a) who knowingly makes any false statement in any affidavit made for the purpose of these regulations, or

(b) who knowingly uses for the purposes of these regulations any affidavit containing any false statement,

is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.

Provisions of these regulations to be in addition to those of Land Transfer Ordinance. Cap. 81

7. The provisions of these regulations· shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Land Transfer Ordinance.

 

Saving.

8. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed -

(a) to apply to the transfer of any land situated within the area of any municipal corporation established from time to time under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1934; or

(b) to apply to the transfer of any public lands by or on behalf of the High Commissioner or to the transfer of any land to the High Commissioner in accordance with any Jaw or Ordinance or otherwise; or

(c) to affect the power to expropriate land under the provisions of any law or Ordinance for the time being in force.

Definitions.

9. For the purposes of these regulations :-

"Palestinian Arab" shall be deemed to be an Arab who is ordinarily resident in Palestine. In case of any dispute as to whether a person is an Arab or whether he is ordinarily resident in Palestine, the question shall be referred to the High Commissioner whose decision thereon shall be final;

"land" includes water, buildings, trees and any interest in, or right in, to or over, land, water, buildings or trees;

"transfer" includes leases, mortgages, charges and any other dispositions.

 

 

Land Transfers Regulations, 1940

SCHEDULE.

ZONE A.

The area comprising:-

ACRE SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole,

with the exception of Blocks      18025,  18039, 18040 and 18041 of the village of Manshiya [المنشية].

SAFAD SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

'Alma    

علما

Jish

جش

Rihaniya

ريحانية

'Ammuqa

عموقة

Kafr Bir'im

كفر برعم

Sabalan

سبلان

Dallata

دلاتة

Malikiya, El

المالكية

Safsaf

صفصاف

Deishum

ديشوم

Marun er Ras

مارون الراس

Saliha

صلحة

'Eitarun

عيطرون

Marus

ماروس

Sammu'i

السموعي

Fara

فارة

Meirun

ميرون

Sa'sa'

سعسع

Farradiya

فراضية

Mughr ed Duruz

مغر الدروز

Teitaba

طيطبا

Ghabbatiya

غباطية

Qabba'a

قبّاعة

Yarun

يارون

Hurfeish

حرفيش

Qaddita

قدّيتا

 

 

Jazair el Hindaj

جزاير الهنداج

Ras el Ahmar, Er

الراس الأحمر

 

 

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the west of the road from Rosh Pinna to Metulla:-

Hatsor

هتسور

Yesud ham Ma'ala

يسود هامعله

 

TIBERIAS SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

'Eilabun

عيلبون

Khirbat el Wa'ra es Sauda

خربة الوعرة السودا

Mansura, El

المنصورة

Hittin

حطين

Maghar

مغار

Nimrin

نمربن

 

(b) The portion of the following village lying to the north of the road from Nazareth to Tiberias:-

Lubiya                     لوبية

NAZARETH SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

Bu'eina

بعينة

Mash-had

مشهد

Tur'an

ترعان

Kafr Kanna

كفر كنا

Nazareth

الناصرة

Umm Qubei

أم قبي

Kafr Manda

كفر مندا

Reina, Er

الرينة

'Uzeir

عزیر

Kaukab

کوکب

Rummana

رمانة

 

 

Kefar ha Horesh

كفر هاحوريش

Saffuriya

صفورية

 

 

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the north of the road from Haifa to Nazareth:-

'Ilut

علوط

Mujeidil

المجيدل

Yafa

يافا

Ma'lul   

معلول

Nahalal

نهلال

 

 

 

HAIFA SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

Abu Shusha

أبو شوشة

I jzim

اجزم

Nagnnaghiya, En

النغنغية

Abu Zureiq

أبو زريق

'Isfiya

عسفيا

Qannir

قنير

'Ar'ara

عرعرة

Ji'ara

جعارة

Qira Wa Qamun

قيرة وقامون

'Arab Baniha      

عرب بنيها

Kafrin, El

الكفرين

Rihaniya, Er

الريحانية

Beit Lahm

بيت لحم

Kafr Qari'

كفر قرع

Sabbarin

صبارين

Buteimat, El

البطيمات

Khureiba, El

الخريبة

Shafa 'Amr

شفا عمرو

Daliyat el Karmil

دالية الكرمل

Khirbat ed Damun

خربة الدامون

Sindyana, Es

السنديانة

Daliyat er Ruha

دالية الروحا

Khirbat Lidd       

خربة ليد

Umm esh Shauf

أم الشوف

Ghubaiya el Fauga, El

الغباية الفوقا

Khirbat Shallala

خربة الشلالة

Umm ez Zinat

أم الزينات

Ghubaiya et Tahta, El

الغباية التحتا

Khubbeiza

خبيزة

Wadi 'Ara

وادي عارة

I'billin

اعبلين

Mishmar ha'Emeq

مشمار هاعيمق

 

 

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the north of the road from Haifa to Nazareth:-

Jeida

جيدا

Waldheim

ولدهايم

Qusqus- Tab'un

قسقس طبعون

 

(c) The portions of the following villages lying to the east of the road from Jaffa to Haifa:-

'Ein Ghazal

عين غزال

Jaba'

جبع

'Ein Haud

عين حوض

Mazar, El

المزار

 

(d) The portion of Et Tira [الطيرة] lying east of the Jaffa—Haifa Road and south of the Wadi Kafr Samir [وادى كفر سامير].

JENIN SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole.

BEISAN SUB-DISTRICT.

The following villages in whole:-

'Arida, El

العريضة

Ghazzawiya, El

الغزاوية

Samiriya, Es

السامرية

Ashrafiya, El

الاشرفية

Hamra, El

الحمرا

Tell esh Shauk

تل الشوك

Beisan

بیسان

Khuneizir, El

الخنيزر (اخنيزرة)

Umm 'Ajra

أم عجرة

Farwana

فرونة

Masil el Jizl

مسيل الجزل

Zarra'a, Ez

الزراعة

Fatur, El

الفاتور

Safa, Es

الصفا

 

 

 

TULKARM SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

'Anabta

عنبتا

Habla

حبلة

Nazla esh Sharqiya,  En

النزلة الشرقية

'Attara, El

العطارة

'Illar

علار

Nazla el Wusta, En

النزلة الوسطى

'Attil

عتيل

Irtah

ارتاح

Nazlat Abu Nar

نزلة أبو نار

'Azzun  

عزون

Jaiyus

جيوس

Nazlat 'Isa

نزلة عيسى

Bal'a

بلعة

Jatt

جت

Qaffin  

قفين

Baqa el Gharbiya

باقة الغربية

Kafr 'Abbush

كفر عبوش

Ramin  

رامين

Baqa esh Sharqiya

باقة الشرقية

Kafr el Labad

كفر اللبد

Ras, Er

الراس

Beit Lid

بيت ليد

Kafr Rumman

کفر رمان

Saffarin

سفارين

Dannaba

دنابة

Kafr Sur

كفر صور

Seida

صيدا

Deir el Ghusun

دير الغصون

Kafr Zibad

کفر زیباد

Shufa

شوفة

Falama

فلامة

Kur

کور

Shuweika

شويكة

Fardisiya

فردیسیا

Nazla el Gharbiya, En     

النزلة الغربية

Zeita

زيتا

Far'un

فرعون

 

 

 

 

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the east of the railway from Lydda to Haifa:-

'Attil Detached

عتيل المنفصلة

Kafr Jammal

كفر جمال

Tira, Et

الطيرة

Jaljuliya

جلجولية

Qalqiliya

قلقيلية

Raml Zeita

رمل زيتا

 

(c) The following villages in part:-

Blocks                    7974      7975      7976      7977      7978      8076      8077      8103      8104      8105      8106      8107      8108      8109     8110      8111      and the village built-on area of Qaqun [قاقون]

Blocks                    8157      8158      8159      8160      8165      8166      8167      8168      8169      8170     8171      8172      8173      8174      8175      8176      8177      8178                   8179      8180      8181      8182      8183      and         8184      of Tulkarm [طولكرم].

Blocks                    7858      7859      7860      7861      7862      7863      7869      7870      7887 of Qalansuwa [قلنسوة].

The portion of Et Taiyiba [الطيبة] lying to the east of the railway from Lydda to Haifa and Blocks 7825 and 7828 of that village.

NABLUS SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole with the exception of the portion of the following village lying to the west of the railway from Lydda to Haifa:-

Kafr Qasim [كفر قاسم]

RAMALLAH SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole.

RAMLE SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

Abu el Fadl (Es Sautariya)

أبو الفضل (السوطرية)

Deir Tarif

دير طريف

Latrun

لطرون

Barfiliya

برفيليا

Haditha, El

الحديثة

Lubban, El

اللبن

Barriya, El

البرية

Idhnibba

ادنبة

Lydda

اللد

Beit 'Itab

بيت عطاب

'Innaba

عنابة

Midya, El

المدية

Beit Jimal

بيت جمال

Jarash

جرش

Mughallis

مغلس

Beit Jiz 

بيت جيز

Jilya

جليا

Mukheizin, El

المخيزن

Beit Nabala

بيت نبالا

Jimzu

جمزو

Ni'lin

نعلين

Beit Nuba

بيت نوبا

Jindas

جنداس

Qazaza

قزازة

Beit Susin

بيت سوسين

Kefar Uriya

كفر أوريا

Qibya

قبية

Ben Shemen

بن شمن

Khalayil, El

الخلايل

Qubab, El

القباب

Bil'in

بلعين

Kharbata

خربتا

Qula

قولة

Bir Imma'in

بير امعين

Kharruba

خروبة

Rafat

رافات

Bir Salim

بير سالم

Kheima, El

الخيمة

Ramle, Er

الرملة

Budrus

بدرس

Khirbat Beit Far

خربة بيت فار

Rantis

رنتيس

Bureij

بريج

Khirbat el Buweiriya

خربة البويرية

Sajad

سجد

Burj, El

البرج

Khirbat el Qubeiba

خربة القبيبة

Sarafand el 'Amar

صرفند العمار

Danyal

دانیال

Khirbat edh Dhuheiriya

خربة الظهيرية

Shabtin

شبتين

Deiraban

دیربان

Khirbat Ismallah

خربة اسم الله

Shilta

شلتا

Deir Abu Salama

دير أبو سلامة

Khirbat Musmar

خربة مسمار

Shuqba

شقبا

Deir el Hawa

دير الهوى

Khirbat Zakariya

خربة زكريا

Sufla

سفلة

Deir Muheisin

دیر محيسن

Khulda

خلدا

Tina, Et

التينة

Deir Qaddis

دیر قدیس

Kunnisa, El

الكنيسة

Tira, Et

الطيرة

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the east of the railway from Lydda to Haifa:-

Majdal Yaba

مجدل يايا

Muzeiri'a, El

المزيرعة

 

JAFFA SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

Miqve Yisrael

مكفى اسرائيل

Safiriya, Es

السافرية

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the east of the railway from Lydda to Haifa:-

Muweilih, El [المويليح]

(c) The portion of the following villages lying to the south of the road from Tel Aviv to Wilhelma [ولهلما]:-

Kafr 'Ana

كفر عانة

Yahudiya, El

اليهودية

Saqiya

ساقية

Kheiriya, El

الخيرية

Salama

سلمة

 

 

 

(d) Blocks             6296      6297      6298      6299      6300      6301      6302      6303      6304      6305      6306      6307      6308      6309      and         6310      of Wilhelma.

Blocks                    7050      7055      7056      7057      7058      7059      7063      7064      7065      7066      7069      7152      7153      7160      and         7161 of Jaffa.

The village of Beit Dajan excluding Blocks           6095      6096      and         6097.

Blocks                    6001      6002      6003      6004      6005      6006      6007      6008      6009      6010      6011      6015      6016      6017      6018      6019      6023      6024                   6025      6026      6027      6028      6029      6030      6031      6032      6033      6034      6035      6036      6037      6038      6039      6040      6041      and         6042 of Yazur [يازور].

JERICHO SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole.

JERUSALEM SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole, with the exception of the town-planning area of Jerusalem.

BETHLEHEM SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole.

HEBRON SUB-DISTRICT.

The whole.

GAZA SUB-DISTRICT.

The following villages in whole :-

'Abasan

عبسان

Hamama

حمامة

Khirbat Khisas

خربة خصاص

Abu Middein

أبو مدين

Hatta

حتة

Kaufakha

كوفخة

Ard el Ishra

أرض الاشرا

Hirbiya

هربيا

Kaukaba

كوكبة

Bani Suheila

بني سهيلة

Huj

هوج

Majdal, El

المجدل

Barbara

بربرة

Huleiqat

حليقات

Muharraqa, El

المحرقة

Beit 'Affa

بيت عفة

'Ibdis

عبدس

Najd

نجد

Beit Hanun

بيت حانون

'Iraq el Manshiya

عراق المنشية

Nazla

نزلة

Beit Jirja

بيت جرجا

'Iraq Suweidan                

عراق سویدان

Ni'ilya

نعليا

Beit Lahiya

بيت لاهية

Jabaliya

جباليا

Nuseirat

نصيرات

Beit Tima

بيت طيما

Jaladiya

جلدية

Rafah

رفح

Bi'lin

بعلين

Jiya, El

الجية

Sawafir el Gharbiya, Es

السوافير الغربية

Bureir

بربر

Julis

جولس

Sawafir esh Sharqiya, Es

السوافير الشرقية

Deir el Balah

دير البلح

Jura, El

الجورة

Summeil

صميل

Deir Suneid

دیر سنید

Juseir

جسير

Sumeiri

سمیری

Dimra

دمرة

Karatiya

کرتیا

Sumsum

سمسم

Faluja, El

الفالوجة

Khan Yunis

خان يونس

 

 

Gaza

غزة

Khirbat Ikhza'

خربة اخزاع

 

 

 

BEERSHEBA SUB-DISTRICT.

The area north of a line passing from a point on the Palestine-Trans-Jordan boundary where the Wadi running north-east from 'Ain Hosb [عين حسب] joins the Wadi Jeeb [وادي جیب], thence in a south-westerly direction along the Wadi to 'Ain Hosb, thence along the 'Ain Hosb-Kurnub [كرنب] road to Rujm al Balawi [رجم البلاوي], Rujm al Kanasiya [رجم الكناسية], Naqb Ras um-Julaid [نقب رأس أم جليد], Ras Ghwairib [رأس غويرب], Ras Naqb Gharib [رأس نقب غريب], 'Ain al Murra [عين المرة], Wadi Irmeileh [وادي ارميلة], Wadi Abdo [وادي عبده], to Bir al Hafir [بئر الحفير], and thence due west till it meets the frontier between Palestine and Egypt.

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ZONE B.

The area comprising:-

SAFAD SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

Abil el Qamh

أبل القمح

Hula Concession Area

منطقة امتياز الحولة

Mishmar ha Yarden

مشمار ها یاردن

Abisiya, El

العابسية

Hunin

هونين

Muftakhira, El

المفتخرة

Aiyalet hash Shahar

أيلت هشحر

Hura

حورة

Mughr esh Shab'an

مغر الشبعان

'Akbara

عكبرة

Jahula  

جاحولة

Mughr el Kheit

مغر الخيط

'Arab esh Shamalina

عرب الشمالنة

Jalabina

جلبينا

Nabi Yusha'

النبي يوشع

'Azaziyat and 'Eih Fit

عزازيات وعين فيت

Ja'una

جاعونة

Na'ima, En

الناعمة

Banyas

بانیاس

Jubb Yusuf

جب يوسف

Qadas

قدس

Barjiyat, El

البرجيات

Kafr Qila

كفر كيلة

Qeitiya

قيطية

Beisamun

بيسمون

Khalisa, El

الخالصة

Qudeiriya, El

القديرية

Biriya

بيرية

Khan ed Duweir

خان الدوير

Rosh Pinna

روش بنا

Buleida

بليدة

Kharrar, El

الخرار

Safad

صفد

Buteiha, El

البطيحة

Kefar Gil'adi

کفر جلعادي

Salihiya, Es

الصالحية

Buweiziya, El

البويزية

Khirbat el Hiqab

خربة الحقاب

Sanbariya

السنبرية

Dafna

دفنة

Khirbat es Summan

خربة السمان

Shuna, Esh

الشونة

Darbashiya, Ed

الدربشية

Khirbat Yarda

خربه پردا

Shauqa et Tahta

شوكة التحتا

Dardara

در درا

Khisas

خصاص

Tuba

طوبی

Dawwara

دوارة

Khiyam el Walid

خيام الوليد

Tuleil

طليل

Deir Mamas

دیر ماماس

Kirad el Baqqara

كراد البقارة

Udeisa

عديسة

Dhahiriya el Fauqa, Edh

الظاهرية الفوقا

Kirad el Ghannama

كراد الغنامة

Ulmaniya, El

العلمانية

Dhahiriya et Tahta, Edh

الظاهرية التحتا

Lazzaza

لزازة

Weiziya (‘Almin)

ويزية (علمين)

Dureijat

دريجات

Mahanayim

محنايم

Weiziya

ويزية

'Ein et Tina

عين التينة

Mallaha

ملاحة

Zanghariya

زنغرية

'Ein Zeitim

عين زيتيم

Manara, El

المنارة

Zawiya, Ez

الزاوية

'Ein ez Zeitun

عين الزيتون

Mansura, El

المنصورة

Zuq el Fauqani, Ez

الزوق الفوقاني

Fir'im

فرعم

Mansurat el Kheit

منصورة الخيط

Zuq et Tahtani, Ez

الزوق التحتاني

Ghuraba

غرابة

Meis

میس

 

 

Hula

حولة

Metulla

مطلة

 

 

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the east of the road from Rosh Pinna to Metulla:-

Hatsor

هتسور

Yesud ham Ma'ala

يسود هامعله

 

TIBERIAS SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

Afqim

أفيكيم

Kefar Gun

كفر غون

Samakh

سمخ

Beit Gan

بيت غن

Khan el Minya

خان المنية

Samakiya, Es

السمكية

Bitanya

بيتانيا

Kinneret Group

جماعة كنيرت

Samra, Es

السمرة

Dalhamiya

دلهامية

Kinneret

كنيرت

Sharona

شارونة

Deganiya 'A'

دغنية ( أ )

Ma'dhar

معذر

Sha'ara

شعارة

Deganiya 'B'

دغنية (ب)

Majdal

مجدل

Shajara, Esh

الشجرة

Ghuweir Abu Shusha

غوير أبو شوشة

Manara, El

المنارة

Tabigha, Et

الطابغة

Hadatha

حدثة

Menahamiya

منحمية

Tell el Hunud

تل الهنود

Hamma, El

الحمة

Migdal

مجدال

Tiberias

طبريا

Kafr Harib

كفر هریب

Mitspa

مصبة

'Ubeidiya, El

العبيدية

Kafr Kama

كفر كما

Nuqeib

نقیب

'Ulam

عولم

Kafr Sabt

کفر سبت

Poriya

بورية

Yaquq

ياقوق

Kefar Hittim

كفر حطيم

Sejera

سجرة

Yavneel

یبنئیل

 

(b) The portion of the following village lying to the south of the road from Nazareth to Tiberias:-

Lubiya [لوبية]

NAZARETH SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

'Afula

عفولة

Indur

اندور

Mount Tabor

جبل طابور

'Arab es Subeih

عرب الصبيح

Kefar Barukh

كفر باروخ

Na'ura

ناعورة

Balfourya

بلفوريا

Kefar Gid'on

كفر جدعون

Nein

نين

Dabburiya

دبورية

Kefar Tavor

كفر تفور

Ramat David

رامت دافید

Dahi, Ed

الدهي

Kefar Yeladim

كفر يلاديم

Sarid

سارید

'Ein Mahil

عين ماهل

Mahane Yisrael

محنى اسرائيل

Sulam

سولم

Gevat   

غبعت

Merhayya Settlement

مستعمرة مرحافيا

Tamra

تمرة

Ginneigar

جنيجر

Merhayya Group

جماعة مرحافيا

Tel 'Adashim

تل عداشيم

Iksal

اکسال

Mizra'   

مزرع

Umm el Ghanam

أم الغنم

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the south of the road from Haifa to Nazareth:-

'Ilut

علوط

Mujeidil

المجيدل

Yafa

يافا

Ma'lul   

معلول

Nahalal

نهلال

 

 

 

HAIFA SUB-DISTRICT.

(a) The following villages in whole:-

Atlit

عتلیت

Kafr Lam

كفر لام

Sarafand, Es

الصرفند

Beit She'arim

بيت شعاریم

Kefar Yehoshua

كفار يهوشع

Sheikh Bureik, Esh

الشيخ بريك

 

(b) The portions of the following villages lying to the south of the road from Haifa to Nazareth:-

Jeida     

جيدا

Waldheim

ولدهايم

Qusqus- Tab'un

قسقس طبعون

 

(c) The portions of the following villages lying to the west of the road from Jaffa to Haifa:-

'Ein Ghazal

عين غزال

Jaba'

جبع

'Ein Haud

عين حوض

Mazar, El

المزار

 

(d) The portion of Et Tira lying west of the Jaffa—Haifa road, but excluding Blocks 10740 and 10743.

BEISAN SUB-DISTRICT.

The following villages in whole:-

Bashatiwa, El

البشاتوة

Jabbul  

جبول

Sakhina, Es

الساخنة

Bawati, El

البواطي

Jisr el Majami'

جسر المجامع

Shatta  

شطة

Beit Alfa

بيت ألفا

Kafr Misr

كفر مصر

Sirin

سیرین

Bira, El

البيرة

Kafra

كفرة

Taiyiba, Et

الطيبة

Danna

دنة

Kaukab el Hawa

كوكب الهوى

Tel Yosef

تل يوسف

'Ein Harod

عين حرود

Kefar Yehezzel

كفر يحزقيل

Tira, Et

الطيرة

Gesher

جيشر

Murassas, El

المرصص

Wadi el Bira

وادي البيرة

Hamidiya, El

الحميدية

Qevutsat hag Giv'a

كفوتزات هاك كفعا

Yubla

يبلى

Heftsi- Bah

حفصي به

Qumiya

قومية

Zab'a

زبعة

 

GAZA SUB-DISTRICT.

The following villages in whole:-

'Arab Sukreir

عرب سكرير

Beer Tuviya

بير طوفيا

Masmiya es Saghira, El

المسمية الصغيرة

'Arqubiya

عرقوبية

Beit Daras

بيت دراس

Qastina

قسطينة

Barqa   

برقا

Gan Yavne

غن يفنة

Sawafir esh Shamaliya, Es

السوافير الشمالية

Batani Gharbi

بطاني غربي

Isdud

اسدود

Tell et Turmus

تل الترمس

Batani Sharqi

بطاني شرقي

Masmiya el Kabira, El

المسمية الكبيرة

Yasur

ياسور

 

BEERSHEBA SUB-DISTRICT.

The area south of a line passing from a point on the Palestine-Trans-Jordan boundary where the Wadi running north-east from 'Ain Hosb [عين حسب] joins the Wadi Jeeb [وادي جیب], thence in a south-westerly direction along the Wadi to 'Ain Hosb, thence along the 'Ain Hosb-Kurnub [كرنب] road to Rujm al Balawi [رجم البلاوي], Rujm al Kanasiya [رجم الكناسية], Naqb Ras um-Julaid [نقب رأس أم جليد], Ras Ghwairib [رأس غويرب], Ras Naqb Gharib [رأس نقب غريب], 'Ain al Murra [عين المرة], Wadi Irmeileh [وادي ارميلة], Wadi Abdo [وادي عبده], to Bir al Hafir [بئر الحفير], and thence due west till it meets the frontier between Palestine and Egypt.

 

STATEMENT EXPLANATORY

OF THE LAND TRANSFERS REGULATIONS

Article 6 of the Mandate, which requires the Administration of Palestine to encourage close settlement by Jews on the land, also requires it to ensure that the rights and position of other sections of the population are not prejudiced.

Paragraph 16 of the Statement of Policy* of His Majesty's Government regarding Palestine, dated the 17th May, 1939, drew attention to the fact that the Reports of several expert Commissions had indicated that, owing to the natural growth of the Arab population and the steady sale in recent years of Arab land to Jews, there was now in certain areas no room for further transfers of Arab land, whilst in some other areas such transfers of land must be restricted if Arab cultivators were to maintain their existing standard of life and a considerable landless Arab population was not soon to be created. It was therefore announced that the High Commissioner would be given general powers to prohibit and regulate transfers of land. The accompanying regulations have been made in order to give effect to this announcement. As stated in paragraph 17 of the Statement of Policy of May, 1939, the policy of Government will be directed towards the development of the land and the improvement, where possible, of methods of cultivation. In the light of such development it will be open to the High Commissioner, should he be satisfied that the "rights and position" of the Arab population will be duly preserved, to review and modify any orders passed relating to the prohibition or restriction of the transfer of land.

2. Two zones, Zone A and Zone B, have been demarcated in Palestine within which transfers of land will be controlled. In determining the boundaries of these zones, Government has had special regard to the provisions of Article 6 of the Mandate. Zone A includes the hill country as a whole together with certain areas in the Gaza and Beersheba Sub-Districts where the land available is already insufficient for the support of the existing population; in this zone the transfer of land to a person other than a Palestinian Arab will be prohibited save in exceptional cases for which special provision is made in the regulations. The sanction of the High Commissioner required by the regulations to transfers of land in this zone between persons not being Palestinian Arabs may be accorded by general order, thus dispensing with the necessity for a special order in each individual case of this description.

3. In Zone B such transfers may be permitted in accordance with certain conditions set forth in paragraph 5 of this explanatory statement. This zone includes the Plains of Esdraelon and Jezreel, Eastern Galilee, the maritime plains between Haifa and Tantura and between the southern boundary of the Ramie Sub-District and Beer Tuviya, and the southern portion of the Beersheba Sub-District (the Negeb).

4. There will be no restrictions on transfers in those parts of Palestine not included in Zone A or Zone B. These parts include all municipal areas, the Haifa Industrial Zone described in Appendix 8 of the Report of the Palestine Partition Commission and roughly speaking the maritime plain between Tantura and the southern boundary of the Ramie Sub-District.

5. Transfers of land in Zone B by a Palestinian Arab to any person other than a Palestinian Arab will be null and void unless the sanction of the High Commissioner to the transfer has previously been sought and obtained. In this regard it is the desire of His Majesty's Government that the recommendations of recent Commissions should generally be followed and in pursuance of this policy the Secretary of State has accepted the recommendation of the High Commissioner that, while his final discretion shall be left unfettered, his powers will be exercised generally on the following lines.

Sanction to a transfer of land within Zone B by a Palestinian Arab to a person other than a Palestinian Arab will not ordinarily be granted unless the transfer can be shown to be either:-

(i) for the purpose of consolidating, extending, or facilitating the irrigation of holdings already in the possession of the transferee or of his community, the land to be transferred being contiguous to such holdings; or

(ii) for the purpose of enabling land held in undivided shares by the transferor and the transferee to be parcellated; or

(iii) in furtherance of some special scheme of development in the joint interests of both Arabs and Jews to which Government may have signified its approval.

6. The regulations have effect from the 18th May, 1939, but the High Com­missioner is empowered, at his discretion, to sanction retrospectively any transfer of land in either Zone A or Zone B, which would be unlawful under the terms of the regulations, provided that application for the registration of such transfer was lodged in the Land Registry prior to the date of their publication. Generally speaking, he will require to be satisfied that the transaction was initiated bona fide before the 18th May, the onus of proof being on the transferee. In the absence of such sanction the transaction in question will be null and void.

7. Application for sanction to transfers of land, where required by the regula­tions, should be addressed to the District Commissioner of the District in which the land is situated who will forward it to the High Commissioner for his orders.

 

*The Statement of Policy refers to MacDonald White Paper of May 1939 (Editor’s note).

 

Source: Palestine Official Gazette, Supplement no. 2, issue no. 988, 28 February 1940.

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