Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1972, as amended to 2023
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
  • English
    Private property is property owned and consumed by individual citizens.
    Private property is derived from socialist distribution according to work done and from supplementary benefits granted by the State and society.
    The products of individual sideline activities including those from kitchen gardens, as well as income from other legal economic activities shall also be private property.
    The State shall protect private property and guarantee by law the right to inherit it. (Art. 24)
  • Korean
    개인소유는 공민들의 개인적이며 소비적인 목적을 위한 소유이다.
    개인소유는 로동에 의한 사회주의분배와 국가와 사회의 추가적혜택으로 이루어진다.
    터밭경리를 비롯한 개인부업경리에서 나오는 생산물과 그밖의 합법적인 경리활동을 통하여 얻은 수입도 개인소유에 속한다.
    국가는 개인소유를 보호하며 그에 대한 상속권을 법적으로 보장한다. (제24조)
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Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1972, as amended to 2019 (English). Consolidated version as amended to 2023 is not publicly available, concerns a provision (art. 58) that is not of direct relevance to the database.

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