property which has no private owner
Article 23 - The use of a property which has no private owner shall be determined in accordance with the relevant laws. Article 24 - No one shall take possession of common roads and highways, nor of streets which have no thoroughfare. Article 25 - No one may take possession of property which serves the common good and which has no private owner, such as bridges, caravanserais, pubic reservoirs, ancient schools and public open places. And the same applies to the qanats and wells of which their use is public. Article 26 - Government property which is subject to public service and welfare such as fortifications, fortresses, moats, military earthworks, arsenals, weapons, stores, warships and similarly the furniture and buildings of the Government buildings and telegraph wires, museums, public libraries, historical monuments and similar objects, in brief whatever property movable or immovable is in use by the Government for the service of the .public or the profit of the state, may not privately be owned. And the same provisions shall apply to property which shall have been appropriated for the public service of a province, city or a region or a town. Article 27 - The properties which are not privately owned and which private individuals, in accordance with the regulations contained in this law and the especial laws dealing with each particular category, are allowed to take into their possession and exploit, shall be termed âmobahatâ and under this heading shall come waste lands, that is to say, lands which have fallen into disuse and on which are neither habitations nor cultivation. Article 28 - Property of unknown ownership shall be the needs of the poor, subject to the judgeâs permission or that of a person authorized by him.
