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21. In the first instance, land for use is granted to those who intend working on it, not for their own private profit, but for public benefit.

22. The following order is to be observed in granting the use of land for agriculture for private gain:—

23. The use of lands for horticulture, market-gardening, apiculture, fishing, cattle-breeding and afforestation is to be granted on the following principles:—

24. In rural localities land for building purposes is allotted by the local Soviet and local population. In urban localities land for building purposes is allotted, according to the order of applications, by the local Soviet, on the condition that the building shall not injure the other buildings in the neighbourhood and that it satisfies all the requirements of the building bye-laws.

25. The quantity of land allotted to individual households for agriculture with a view to gaining a livelihood shall not exceed the combined normal unit of food and labour in the respective zone, as calculated on the basis of the INSTRUCTIONS appended herewith.