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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Togo
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … inheritance ...
- the regime of property, … (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … les successions ...
- le régime de la propriété, ... (Art. 84)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Malaysia
- English(1) Nothing in this Constitution shall affect the validity of any restrictions imposed by law on the transfer or lease of customary land in the State of Negeri Sembilan or the State of Malacca, or of any interest in such land.
… (Art. 90) - Malay(1) Tiada apa-apa jua dalam Perlembagaan ini boleh menyentuh kesahan apa-apa sekatan yang dikenakan oleh undang-undang ke atas pemindahan hakmilik atau pemajakan tanah adat di Negeri Sembilan atau Negeri Melaka, atau pemindahan hakmilik atau pemajakan apa-apa kepentingan mengenai tanah itu.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Uruguay
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed within the limits established by law. Lineal ascendants and descendants shall have preferential treatment in the tax laws. (Art. 48)
- SpanishEl derecho sucesorio queda garantido dentro de los límites que establezca la ley. La línea recta ascendente y la descendente tendrán un tratamiento preferencial en las leyes impositivas. (Art. 48)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Kiribati
- English1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (8) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons 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) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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(c) for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in the preceding subsection (or of persons connected with such persons), of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law applicable to persons of that description;(d) with respect to land, the tenure of land, the resumption and acquisition of land and other like purposes;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Zimbabwe
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(2) Subject to section 72, every person has the right, in any part of Zimbabwe, to acquire, hold, occupy, use, transfer, hypothecate, lease or dispose of all forms of property, either individually or in association with others.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Nepal
- EnglishThe privacy of any person, his or her residence, property, document, data, correspondence and matters relating to his or her character shall, except in accordance with law, be inviolable. (Art. 28)
- Nepaliकुनै पनि व्यक्तिको जीउ, आवास, सम्पत्ति, लिखत, तथ्यांक, पत्राचार र चरित्र सम्बन्धी विषयको गोपनीयता कानून बमोजिम बाहेक अनतिक्रम्य हुनेछ । (धारा २८)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Bangladesh
- EnglishThe people shall own or control the instruments and means of production and distribution, and with this end in view ownership shall assume the following forms –
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(b) co operative ownership, that is ownership by co operatives on behalf of their members within such limits as may be prescribed by law; and
(c) private ownership, that is ownership by individuals within such limits as may be prescribed by law. (Art. 13) - Bengaliউৎপাদনযন্ত্র, উৎপাদনব্যবস্থা ও বন্টনপ্রণালীসমূহের মালিক বা নিয়ন্ত্রক হইবেন জনগণ এবং এই উদ্দেশ্যে মালিকানা-ব্যবস্থা নিম্নরূপ হইবে:
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(খ) সমবায়ী মালিকানা, অর্থাৎ আইনের দ্বারা নির্ধারিত সীমার মধ্যে সমবায়সমূহের সদস্যদের পক্ষে সমবায়সমূহের মালিকানা; এবং
(গ) ব্যক্তিগত মালিকানা, অর্থাৎ আইনের দ্বারা নির্ধারিত সীমার মধ্যে ব্যক্তির মালিকানা৷ (অনুচ্ছেদ ১৩)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Solomon Islands
- EnglishWhereas every person in Solomon Islands is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, 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:-
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(c) protection for the privacy of his home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Belize
- EnglishWHEREAS the people of Belize-
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(e) require policies of state … which preserve the right of the individual to the ownership of private property and the right to operate private businesses;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Philippines
- EnglishSave in cases of hereditary succession, no private lands shall be transferred or conveyed except to individuals, corporations, or associations qualified to acquire or hold lands of the public domain. (Art. XII, Sec. 7)
- FilipinoHindi dapat malipat o masalin ang ano mang pribadong lupain maliban sa pagmamana, at sa mga tao, mga korporasyon o mga asosasyon na may karapatang magtamo o maghawak ng mga lupaing ari ng bayan. (Art. XII, Seksyon 7)