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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe property shall be inviolable. Turkmenistan shall recognize the right to private ownership of the land, means of production, and other material and intellectual values. They may also belong to the associations of citizens and the state. The law shall establish the objects that shall be exclusive property of the state.
The state shall guarantee equal protection of all forms of ownership and create equal conditions for their development. … (Art. 12) - RussianСобственность неприкосновенна. Туркменистан признаёт право частной собственности на землю, средства производства, иные материальные и интеллектуальные ценности. Они могут принадлежать также объединениям граждан и государству. Законом устанавливаются объекты, являющиеся исключительной собственностью государства.
Государство гарантирует равную защиту всех форм собственности и создаёт равные условия для их развития. … (Статья 12) - TurkmenEýeçilik eldegrilmesizdir. Türkmenistan ýere, önümçilik serişdelerine, gaýry maddy we intellektual gymmatlyklara hususy eýeçilik hukugyny ykrar edýär. Şeýle hem olar raýatlaryň birleşiklerine we döwlete degişli bolup biler. Döwletiň aýratyn eýeçiligi bolup durýan obýektler kanun bilen bellenýär.
Döwlet eýeçiligiň ähli görnüşleriniň deň goragyny kepillendirýär we olaryň ösmegi üçin deň şertleri döredýär. … (12-njy madda)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishTo fulfill the objectives of the Agrarian Policy, the State shall carry out the following activities:
1. Grant necessary farm lands to rural dwellers and regulate the use of the water. A special system of collective ownership for rural communities which so request may be established by law;
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5. Settle new lands and regulate the tenure and use of such lands and of those incorporated into the economy as a result of the construction of new highways;
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7. Perform studies of the land in order to establish the agrological classification of Panamanian land. The policy established for the implementation of this Chapter5 shall be applicable to Indian Communities in accordance with scientific methods of cultural changes. (Art. 126) - SpanishPara el cumplimiento de los fines de la política agraria, el Estado desarrollará las siguientes actividades:
1. Dotar a los campesinos de las tierras de labor necesarias y regular el uso de las aguas. La Ley podrá establecer un régimen especial de propiedad colectiva para las comunidades campesinas que lo soliciten;
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5. Colonizar nuevas tierras y reglamentar la tenencia y el uso de las mismas y de las que se integren a la economía como resultado de la construcción de nuevas carreteras;
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7. Realizar estudios de la tierra a fin de establecer la clasificación agrológica del suelo panameño.
La política establecida para el desarrollo de este Capítulo será aplicable a las comunidades indígenas de acuerdo con los métodos científicos de cambio cultural. (Art. 126)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Bills shall be passed by Parliament.
(2) The following shall be reserved to the legislative power:
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(b) The status of persons and property Ownership system:
1. … status of person, matrimonial system, succession and gifts;
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3. movable and immovable property ownership system;
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(d) The following financial and patrimonial matters:
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4. land tenure, State lands and mining;
… (Art. 26) - French(1) la loi est votée par le Parlement.
(2) Sont du domaine de la loi:
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b- Le statut des personnes et le régime des biens:
1. … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités;
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3. le régime de la propriété mobilière et immobilière;
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d- Les questions financières et patrimoniales suivantes:
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4. Le régime domanial, foncier et minier;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Every person shall have the right to acquire or own property as regulated by law.
… (Art. 28)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The State shall guarantee everyone the right to property and shall facilitate its acquisition.
The owner has the right to own, use and dispose of property both individually and jointly with others. The inviolability of property and the right to inherit it shall be protected by law.
Legally acquired property is protected by the state.
… (Art. 44) - Belarusian
Дзяржава гарантуе кожнаму права ўласнасці і садзейнічае яе набыццю.
Уласнік мае права валодаць, карыстацца і распараджацца маёмасцю як аднаасобна, так і сумесна з іншымі асобамі. Недатыкальнасць уласнасці, права яе атрымання ў спадчыну ахоўваюцца законам.
Уласнасць, набытая законным спосабам, абараняецца дзяржавай.
… (Артыкул 44) - Russian
Государство гарантирует каждому право собственности и содействует ее приобретению.
Собственник имеет право владеть, пользоваться и распоряжаться имуществом как единолично, так и совместно с другими лицами. Неприкосновенность собственности, право ее наследования охраняются законом.
Собственность, приобретенная законным способом, защищается государством.
... (Статья 44)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
WHEREAS the Peoples of the Island of Saint Vincent, who are known as Vincentians-
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c. realize that the maintenance of human dignity presupposes safeguarding the rights of privacy of family life, of property
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWithout prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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5. … the status and capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and donations;
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8. commerce, the regime of property rights, and of civil and commercial obligations;
… (Art. 122) - FrenchSans préjudice des autres dispositions de la présente Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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5. … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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8. le commerce, le régime de la propriété des droits et des obligations civiles et commerciales;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Land in Uganda belongs to the citizens of Uganda and shall vest in them in accordance with the land tenure systems provided for in this Constitution.
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3. Land in Uganda shall be owned in accordance with the following land tenure systems-
a. customary;
b. freehold;
c. mailo; and
d. leasehold.
4. On the coming into force of this Constitution-
a. all Uganda citizens owning land under customary tenure may acquire certificates of ownership in a manner prescribed by Parliament; and
b. land under customary tenure may be converted to freehold land ownership by registration.
5. Any lease which was granted to a Uganda citizen out of public land may be converted into freehold in accordance with a law which shall be made by Parliament.
6. For the purposes of clause (5) of this article, "public land" includes statutory leases to urban authorities.
7. Parliament shall make laws to enable urban authorities to enforce and to implement planning and development.
8. Upon the coming into force of this Constitution and until Parliament enacts an appropriate law under clause (9) of this article, the lawful or bona fide occupants of mailo land, freehold or leasehold land shall enjoy security of occupancy on the land.
9. Within two years after the first sitting of Parliament elected under this Constitution, Parliament shall enact a law-
a. regulating the relationship between the lawful or bona fide occupants of land referred to in clause (8) of this article and the registered owners of that land;
b. providing for the acquisition of registrable interest in the land by the occupant. (Art. 237)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Everyone shall have the right to property and inheritance. ...
… (Freedom and Responsibility, Art. XIII) - Hungarian(1) Mindenkinek joga van a tulajdonhoz és az örökléshez. ...
… (Szabadság és Felelősség, XIII. cikk)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. All forms of property shall be recognized and equally protected in the Republic of Armenia.
… (Art. 10) - Armenian1. Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում ճանաչվում և հավասարապես պաշտպանվում են սեփականության բոլոր ձևերը:
… (Հոդված 10)