The Land Title and Possessory Right for Building of a Monastery

Abstract

This academic article aims to present the temple land solving: a case study of public land utilization. The land of the temple, namely the temple land, the temple estate, and the monastic revenue estate, was divided into two main types, namely private land and public land. In the case of private land, the temple shall have ownership or possessory right under the Land Code and other laws. In the case of public land, the land was not the property of the temple; utilization of public land must be in accordance with the law of the government agency that had the authorities. Temple land problem, because of the current state of affairs had changed a lot. Roads were cut, villages were expanded, land prices were rising. Therefore, it was more difficult to find a faithful person to donate land to build a temple. These caused more monks or villagers to encroach the public land to build more temples. Temple land solving, such as the utilization of forest areas, the Cabinet resolved on June 23, 2020 and on May 11, 2021, allowing the National Office of Buddhism to which had already submitted an application for permission or was in the process of not being allowed to use the forest area to build a temple, can continue to use the area by submitting an application for permission to enter into benefits within September 7, 2021. If violated, consider taking strict legal action.