Draft law on cadaster bodies bears corruptibility risks, watchdog
Having assessed the draft law on cadaster bodies, the Center for Analysis and Prevention of Corruption (CAPC) found that it bears corrutibility risks, Info-Prim Neo reports.
The Government, which drafted the document, argues the bill is needed to improve the legal framework for the security of property transactions, ease the registering procedures, ensure the security of the cadaster-related information, and define the status of the registrar.
“We think that the author uses the draft law to set convenient rules for itself”, the CAPC's assessment report says.
The experts maintain that the bill grants powers which allow for deviations and abusive interpretations - “the adoption of the law as it is currently drafted will encourage functionaries to commit illegalities, owing to the fact that their pecuniary responsibility for their own mistakes or premeditated action is loosely defined. And this can greatly harm the holders of property rights”.
“The draft law on the amendment of certain laws, registered in Parliament under no. 3202 of 14.11.2008, bears risks of corruptibility and should be adopted only after a conceptual revision”, CAPC concluded.
CAPC is a nongovernmental organization and a member of the Anticorruption Alliance, which undertakes risk assessment for corruption of the legislative initiatives, on the basis of the Cooperation Concept between Parliament and civil society, adopted by Parliament on 29 December 2005.