Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas 1973
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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    Whereas every person in The Bahamas is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-

    c. protection for the privacy of his home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation, … (Art. 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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    1. Subject to the provision of paragraph (4), (5) and (9) of this Article no law shall make any provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.

    3. In this Article, the expression "discriminatory" means affording different treatment to different person attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin political opinions colour or creed whereby person of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which person of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
    4. Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-

    c. with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
    … (Art. 26)
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Statute Law of the Bahama Islands. No. 25 of 1967.
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Chapter II on Citizenship.
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Part of Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Chapter III on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.