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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Parliament by enactment shall formalise the recognition of appropriate customary institutions or procedures to resolve land ownership or any disputes over custom land.
2. Parliament may recognise an institution as a customary institution by enactment for the purposes of subarticle (1).
... (Art. 78) - French1) Le Parlement formalise par la Loi la reconnaissance d’une institution coutumière compétente ou d’une procédure pertinente pour résoudre la question de propriété foncière ou tout litige lié aux terres coutumières.
2) Le Parlement peut, par la loi, reconnaître une institution coutumière aux fins du paragraphe 1).
... (Art. 78)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed.
… (Art. 35) - Arabicيضمن القانون حقّ الملكية.
… (الفصل 35)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State should take actions relating to land, water resources and energy as follows:
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3. to provide measures for distribution of landholding in order to thoroughly and fairly allow people to have land for making a living;
4. to provide quality water resources which are sufficient for consumption by the people, including for agriculture, industry and other activities;
... (Sec. 72) - Thaiรัฐพึงดําเนินการเกี่ยวกับที่ดิน ทรัพยากรน้ำ และพลังงานดังต่อไปนี้
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(๓) จัดให้มีมาตรการกระจายการถือครองที่ดินเพื่อให้ประชาชนสามารถมีที่ทํากินได้อย่างทั่วถึงและเป็นธรรม
(๔) จัดให้มีทรัพยากรน้ําที่มีคุณภาพและเพียงพอต่อการอุปโภคบริโภคของประชาชน รวมทั้งการประกอบเกษตรกรรม อุตสาหกรรม และการอื่น
... (มาตรา ๗๒)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The State recognizes the existence of the indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples, who enjoy the rights, duties and guarantees consigned in the Constitution[,] and especially, those to maintain and develop their identity and culture, to have their own forms of social organization and to administer their local affairs; as well as to maintain the communal forms of ownership of their lands and the enjoyment, use and yields [disfrute] [of them], all in accordance with the law. ...
The different forms of property: public, private, associative, cooperative, community, communal, familiar and mixed must be guaranteed and stimulated without discrimination to produce wealth and all of these within their free functioning must fulfill a social function.
... (Art. 5) - Spanish
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El Estado reconoce la existencia de los pueblos originarios y afrodescendientes, que gozan de los derechos, deberes y garantías consignados en la Constitución y en especial, los de mantener y desarrollar su identidad y cultura, tener sus propias formas de organización social y administrar sus asuntos locales; así como mantener las formas comunales de propiedad de sus tierras y el goce, uso y disfrute, todo de conformidad con la Ley. ...
Las diferentes formas de propiedad: pública, privada, asociativa, cooperativa, comunitaria, comunal, familiar y mixta deberán ser garantizadas y estimuladas sin discriminación para producir riquezas y todas ellas dentro de su libre funcionamiento deberán cumplir una función social.
... (Art. 5)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The right of property is guaranteed. It may not be exercised contrary to social utility or in a manner which results in prejudice to the security, to liberty, to existence or to the property of others.
… (Art. 15) - French
Le droit de propriété est garanti. Il ne saurait être exercé contrairement à l’utilité sociale ou de manière à porter préjudice à la sûreté, à la liberté, à l’existence ou à la propriété d’autrui.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The right to private property and to its transfer in life or death shall be guaranteed to everyone, under the terms of the law.
… (Art. 47) - Portuguese1. A todos é garantido o direito à propriedade privada e à sua transmissão em vida ou por morte, nos termos da lei.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe national economy is based on freedom of economic activity which benefits both the individual and society and which enhances national independence. The national economy should be founded on the following principles:
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c. Protection and respect for private ownership, … (Art. 7) - Arabicيقوم الاقتصاد الوطني على أساس حرية النشاط الاقتصادي بما يحقق مصلحة الفرد والمجتمع، وبما يعزز الاستقلال الوطني وباعتماد المبادئ التالية:-
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ج. حماية واحترام الملكية الخاصة … (المادّة 7)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishAgrarian reform is one of the fundamental factors to achieve rural well-being. It consists of the effective incorporation of the peasant [campesina] population to the economic and social development of the Nation. Equitable systems of distribution, property and tenancy of the land shall be adopted; … (Art. 114)
- SpanishLa reforma agraria es uno de los factores fundamentales para lograr el bienestar rural. Ella consiste en la incorporación efectiva de la población campesina al desarrollo económico y social de la Nación. Se adoptarán sistemas equitativos de distribución, propiedad y tenencia de la tierra; … (Art. 114)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishOther than the matters that are assigned to it by the other articles of the Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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– … the state and capacity of persons, the law of the family, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 89) - Arabicغير المسائل التي تسندها إليه المواد الأخرى في الدستور، يرسي القانون القواعد المتعلقة بـ:
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- ... حالة وقدرة الأشخاص، حق الأسرة والإرث والهدايا؛
... (المادة 89) - FrenchOutre les matières qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, le droit de la famille, les successions et libéralités;
… (Art. 89)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- 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)