The objective was to standardise court practice, speed up proceedings and ensure legal security.
The government sent to parliament on Wednesday draft amendments to the Land Registers Act, proposing that a High Land Registry Court be established as a second-instance court that would deal with appeals from throughout the country.
The objective was to standardise court practice, speed up proceedings and ensure legal security.
Justice Minister Orsat Miljenic said that currently there were different court practices in the country and by establishing the High Land Registry Court it would be possible to obtain the same ruling for the same kind of problem anywhere in the country.
Miljenic said that it took 34 days on the national average for a court to deal with a typical land registry case. The problem is that there are 48 courts that will deal with a case in seven days, but there are also 13 courts that will need 90 days and more, and some of them even more than 300 days, he added.
The proposed amendments provide that land registers may be kept only in electronic form, and it will be possible to file applications, issue decisions and keep files electronically. It will also be possible to obtain an extract from the land register regardless of territorial jurisdiction, so that people will be able to get information about their property at any land registry in the country.
The government also sent to parliament draft amendments to the Maternity and Parental Benefits Act extending the minimum duration of maternity leave from three to four months for each employed parent.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Welfare and Youth, Milanka Opacic, said that the purpose of the amendments was to make it possible for fathers to spend more time with their children and be more involved in their education and growing up.
(Hina)
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