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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(4) For the purposes of this section—
(a) the public interest includes the nation’s commitment to land reform, and to reforms to bring about equitable access to all South Africa’s natural resources; and
(b) property is not limited to land.
(5) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to foster conditions which enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis.
(6) A person or community whose tenure of land is legally insecure as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to tenure which is legally secure or to comparable redress.
(7) A person or community dispossessed of property after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to restitution of that property or to equitable redress.
(8) No provision of this section may impede the state from taking legislative and other measures to achieve land, water and related reform, in order to redress the results of past racial discrimination, provided that any departure from the provisions of this section is in accordance with the provisions of section 36(1).
(9) Parliament must enact the legislation referred to in subsection (6). (Sec. 25)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWhereas every person in Saint Lucia is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her 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 his or her family life, his or her personal privacy, the privacy of his or her home and other property … (Sec. 1)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(4) Parliament may, for the purpose only of ensuring uniformity of law and policy, make laws with respect to land tenure, the relations of landlord and tenant, registration of titles and deeds relating to land, transfer of land, mortgages, leases and charges in respect of land, easements and other rights and interests in land, compulsory acquisition of land, rating and valuation of land, and local government; and paragraph (b) of Clause (1) and Clause (3) shall not apply to any law relating to any such matter. (Art. 76) - Malay…
(4) Parlimen boleh, hanya bagi maksud memastikan keseragaman undang-undang dan dasar, membuat undang-undang mengenai pemegangan tanah, perhubungan antara tuan tanah dengan penyewa, pendaftaran hakmilik dan surat ikatan yang berhubungan dengan tanah, pindah hakmilik tanah, gadai janji, pajakan dan gadaian berkenaan dengan tanah, isemen dan hak dan kepentingan lain mengenai tanah, pengambilan tanah dengan paksa, perkadaran dan penilaian tanah, dan kerajaan tempatan; dan Fasal (1)(b) dan (3) tidaklah terpakai bagi mana-mana undang-undang yang berhubungan dengan mana-mana perkara itu. (Perkara 76)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe National and state governments shall have legislative and executive competences on any of the matters listed below:
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27. Regulation of land tenure, usage and exercise of rights in land;
… (Schedule (C): Concurrent Powers)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. All who are within the territory of Suriname shall have an equal claim to protection of person and property.
… (Art. 8) - Dutch1. Allen die zich op het grondgebied van Suriname bevinden hebben gelijke aanspraak op bescherming van personen en goederen.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Except with respect to the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Islamic law and personal and family law of persons professing the religion of Islam, including the Islamic law relating to succession, testate and intestate, betrothal, marriage, divorce, dower, maintenance, adoption, legitimacy, guardianship, gifts, partitions and non-charitable trusts; …
2. Except with respect to the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, land including—
(a) land tenure, relation of landlord and tenant; registration of titles and deeds relating to land; colonization, land improvement and soil conservation; rent restriction;
(b) Malay reservations or, in the States of Sabah and Sarawak, native reservations;
… (Ninth Schedule, Legislative Lists, List II—State List) - Malay1. Kecuali mengenai Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Labuan dan Putrajaya, hukum Syarak dan undang-undang diri dan keluarga bagi orang yang menganut agama Islam, termasuk hukum Syarak yang berhubungan dengan pewarisan, berwasiat dan tidak berwasiat, pertunangan, perkahwinan, perceraian, mas kahwin, nafkah, pengangkatan, kesahtarafan, penjagaan, alang, pecah milik dan amanah bukan khairat; ...
2. Kecuali mengenai Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Labuan dan Putrajaya, tanah termasuk—
(a) Pemegangan tanah, hubungan antara tuan tanah dengan penyewa; pendaftaran hakmilik dan surat ikatan yang berhubungan dengan tanah; penerokaan, pemajuan tanah dan pemuliharaan tanah; sekatan sewa;
(b) Tanah Simpanan Melayu atau, di Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak, tanah simpanan anak negeri;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(1) Nothing in Article II6 shall be construed to invalidate the customary law or any traditional practice concerning land tenure or any related matter in any part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, including, where applicable, the rights and obligations of the Iroijlaplap, Iroijedrik, Alap and Dri Jerbal.
(2) Without prejudice to the continued application of the customary law pursuant to Section 1 of Article XIII,7 and subject to the customary law or to any traditional practice in any part of the Republic, it shall not be lawful or competent for any person having any right in any land in the Republic, under the customary law or any traditional practice to make any alienation or disposition of that land, whether by way of sale, mortgage, lease, license or otherwise, without the approval of the Iroijlaplap, Iroijedrik where necessary, Alap and the Senior Dri Jerbal of such land, who shall be deemed to represent all persons having an interest in that land.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Subject to clauses (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this Article the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable, wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, tribe, sex, place of origin, marital status, 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. Clause (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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c. with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishI. The property in the Republic of Azerbaijan is inviolable and protected by the State.
II. The property can have the form of State property, private property and municipal property.
… (Art. 13) - AzerbaijaniI. Azərbaycan Respublikasında mülkiyyət toxunulmazdır və dövlət tərəfindən müdafiə olunur.
II. Mülkiyyət dövlət mülkiyyəti, xüsusi mülkiyyət və bələdiyyə mülkiyyəti növündə ola bilər.
... (Maddə 13)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(4) Every farmer shall have the right to have access to lands for agro activities, select and protect local seeds and agro species which have been used and pursued traditionally, in accordance with law.
… (Art. 42) - Nepali…
(४) प्रत्येक किसानलाई कानून बमोजिम कृषि कार्यकालागि भूमिमा पहुँच, परम्परागत रूपमा प्रयोग र अवलम्बन गरिएको स्थानीय बीउ बिजन र कृषि प्रजातिको छनौट र संरक्षणको हक हुनेछ ।
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