Oscar A. Salas, Esq.
I. Legislation enacted by the Castro Regime; direct and total control
of the Registries by the Minister of Justice
[1] Enacted on May 17, 1959. See the third of its "Final Provisions". ("Disposición Final").
[2] Ibid.
[3] Dated October 14, 1968.
[4] No. 17 of October 28, 1960.
[5] No. 149, of March 20, 1966 section 15.
[6] Rapa-Alvarez, Vicente, "La publicidad de los hechos y actos jurídicos," in Revista Jurídica, published by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Cuba, year II, no. 5, Oct.-Dec. 1984, p. 192.
[7] Law No. 1180 of July 1, 1965.
[8] See Rapa Alvarez, supra note 8, p. 191.
[9] Art. No. 2 of aforementioned Law No. 1,180.
[10] Said Art. 26 provides that "any person suffering damages or loss of income or value (perjuicio) unduly caused by public officials or Government agents during the performance of their duty has the right to claim and obtain the corresponding reparation or indemnification as provided by law." The author could not find any law regulating such liability nor providing who or what agency of the Government is liable for the payment.
[11] Art. No. 1 (f) of Law No. 1180 of 1965.
[12] Law No. 1323 of November 30, 1976.
[13] Dated November 9, 1977.
[14] Luis E. Catón-Blanco, "Lectures on Real Property and Real Property Rights," editora de la ENSPES (mimiographed), La Habana, Cuba, 1982, p. 121 and 122.
[15] Rapa-Alvarez, Supra note 8, p. 193.
[16] Dávalo Fernández, La nueva ley de la vivienda, Ed. de Ciencias Soc., La Habana, 1990, p. 308.
[17] Vega-Vega, Juan, Comentarios a la Ley General de la Vivienda, Ed. de Ciencias Soc., La Habana, 1986, p. 125.
[18] Ibid.
[19] Ibid.
[20] The Spanish Civil Code in force in Cuba up to the enactment of Law No. 59 of July 16, 1987, devoted to the Registry of Property the four articles included in the only chapter of title VIII of Book 2 and mentioned either the Mortgage Law or the Registry in articles 108, 192, 1333, 1436, 1473, 1526, 1537, 1875, 1880 and 1949.
[21] This Law Decree was dated April 19, 1983 and was subsequently amended by Law Decree No. 79 of March 28, 1984 to put the tobacco production under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture.
[22] Both resolutions, numbered 597 and 598 were dated October 27, 1987 and published in the official paper (Gaceta Oficial) dated November 13, 1987.
[23] This Resolution No. 288 was dated May 15, 1990 and was published in the Gaceta Oficial of May 17, 1990.
[24] Art. 4.
[25] Id. paragraph (a).
[26] Id. paragraph (b).
[27] Id. paragraph (ch).
[28] Id. Arts. 15, 16 and 17.
[29] Id. Art. 15.
[30] Id. Art. 15.
[31] Ibid, Art. 14.
[32] Art. 48.
[33] Cantón-Blanco, op. cit. supra, p. 114 to 116.
[34] This new Law was enacted on December 23, 1988 and published in the Gaceta Oficial on February 8, 1989.
[35] Arts. 116 and 120.
[36] Art. 145.
[37] Arts. 111 to 115.
[38] Law No. 103 of February 23, 1959.
[39] Law No. 1214 of July 19, 1967.
[40] Decree No. 16 of December 16, 1977.
[41] Law No. 1,028 of March 24, 1962 and Resolution No. 375 issued by the Ministry of Justice on September 29, 1975.
[42] Law No. 1 of August 4, 1977 and Regulations contained in Decree No. 118 of September 23, 1983.
[43] Law No. 2 of August 4, 1977 and its regulations contained in Decree No. 55 of November 29, 1979