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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) Every person shall have the right to protection of his/herself, family, honour, dignity, and property,
… (Art. 28G) - Indonesian
(1) Setiap orang berhak atas perlindungan diri pribadi, keluarga, kehormatan, martabat, dan harta benda yang di bawah kekuasaannya,
… (Pasal 28G)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The law shall regulate the regimes governing the rental and other forms of use of non-owned land in such a way as to guarantee the security and legitimate interests of those who cultivate it.
2. The fee-farming and colony systems shall be prohibited and the conditions that those who cultivate the land need to put an effective end to the agricultural partnership system shall be created. (Art. 96) - Portuguese1. Os regimes de arrendamento e de outras formas de exploração de terra alheia serão regulados por lei de modo a garantir a estabilidade e os legítimos interesses do cultivador.
2. São proibidos os regimes de aforamento e colonia e serão criadas condições aos cultivadores para a efectiva abolição do regime de parceria agrícola. (Art. 96)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English…
2. Parliament shall make appropriate laws for the protection of the rights of widows and widowers to inherit the property of their deceased spouses and to enjoy parental rights over their children.
… (Art. 31)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe predominance of large land estates is contrary to the interests of society. Appropriate tax law provisions shall be enacted to tax fallow lands and establish the necessary measures to transform them into productive economic units, likewise recovering arable land. Farmers and other agricultural producers are entitled to own land, in the cases and forms specified under the pertinent law. The State shall protect and promote associative and private forms of property in such manner as to guarantee agricultural production. The State shall see to the sustainable ordering of arable land to guarantee its food producing potential. … (Art. 307)
- SpanishEl régimen latifundista es contrario al interés social. La ley dispondrá lo conducente en materia tributaria para gravar las tierras ociosas y establecerá las medidas necesarias para su transformación en unidades económicas productivas, rescatando igualmente las tierras de vocación agrícola. Los campesinos o campesinas y demás productores o productoras agropecuarios tienen derecho a la propiedad de la tierra, en los casos y formas especificados por la ley respectiva. El Estado protegerá y promoverá las formas asociativas y particulares de propiedad para garantizar la producción agrícola. El Estado velará por la ordenación sustentable de las tierras de vocación agrícola para asegurar su potencial agroalimentario. … (Art. 307)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishOwnership, capital and labor are the mainstays of the State's social entity and of national wealth. They all are individual rights with social functions regulated by Law. (Art. 16)
- Arabicالملكية ورأس المال والعمل مقومات أساسية لكيان الدولة الاجتماعي وللثروة الوطنية،وهي جميعاً حقوق فردية ذات وظيفة اجتماعية ينظمها القانون. (المادّة 16)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) The right to private property and inheritance is recognized.
… (Sec. 33) - Spanish1. Se reconoce el derecho a la propiedad privada y a la herencia.
… (Art. 33)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The State protects the property rights (such as the rights of possession, use, usufruct and disposition) and the inheritance rights of individuals, legal entities and organisations in accordance with the laws.
Lands, minerals, water sources, air, forests, forest products, aquatic and wild animals, and other natural resources are a national heritage, and the State is the centralized and unified representative to manage in accordance with the laws. (Art. 17) - Lao
ລັດປົກປ້ອງສິດກ່ຽວກັບກໍາມະສິດ (ສິດຄອບຄອງ, ສິດນໍາໃຊ້, ສິດໄດ້ຮັບໝາກຜົນ, ສິດຊີ້ຂາດ) ແລະ ສິດສືບທອດຊັບສົມບັດຂອງບຸກຄົນ, ນິຕິບຸກຄົນ ແລະ ການຈັດຕັ້ງ ຕາມກົດໝາຍ .
ທີ່ດິນ, ແຮ່ທາດ, ນໍ້າ, ອາກາດ, ປ່າໄມ້, ເຄື່ອງປ່າຂອງດົງ, ສັດນໍ້າ, ສັດປ່າ,ຊັບພະຍາກອນທໍາມະຊາດອື່ນ ເປັນກໍາມະສິດຂອງວົງຄະນະຍາດແຫ່ງຊາດ, ຊື່ງລັດ ເປັນຕົວແທນ ແລະ ຄຸ້ມຄອງ ຢ່າງລວມສຸນເປັນອະກະພາບ ໃນຂອບເຂດທົ່ວປະເທດ ຕາມກົດໝາຍ. (ມາດຕາ 17) (ປັບປຸງ)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishEvery natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions.
… (Art. 1 ECHR First Protocol, Human Rights Act 1998 Schedule 1)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishProperty may not be violated, and no inhabitant of the Nation can be deprived of it except by virtue of a sentence based on law. … (Sec. 17)
- SpanishLa propiedad es inviolable, y ningún habitante de la Nación puede ser privado de ella, sino en virtud de sentencia fundada en ley. … (Art. 17)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe Union shall protect according to law movable and immovable properties of every citizen that are lawfully acquired. (Sec. 356)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် နိုင်ငံသားများ၏ တရားဝင်ရရှိပိုင်ဆိုင်ထားသော ရွေ့ပြောင်းနိုင်သောပစ္စည်း၊ မရွေ့မပြောင်းနိုင်သောပစ္စည်းများနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍ ဥပဒေအရ ကာကွယ်ပေးရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၆)