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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe Union guarantees the right to ownership, the use of property and the right to private invention and patent in the conducting of business if it is not contrary to the provisions of this Constitution and the existing laws. (Sec. 372)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ တည်ဆဲဥပဒေများပါပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းကောင်း မဆန့်ကျင်စေဘဲ စီးပွားရေးကိစ္စများကို ဆောင်ရွက်ရာတွင် ပစ္စည်းပိုင်ဆိုင်ခွင့်၊ သုံးစွဲခွင့်နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်တီထွင်ခွင့်၊ မူပိုင်ခွင့်တို့ကို နိုင်ငံတော်က အာမခံသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၇၂)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) All land in Samoa is customary land, freehold land or public land.
(2) Customary land means land held from Samoa in accordance with Samoan custom and usage and with the law relating to Samoan custom and usage.
(3) Freehold land means land held from Samoa for an estate in fee simple.
… (Art. 101) - Samoan(1) O eleele uma i Samoa o eleele tau le aganuu, eleele umia saoloto (fanua na faatauina mai), po o eleele tau le Malo.
(2) O eleele tau le aganuu o lona uiga o eleele e umia mai ia Samoa e talafeagai ai ma aganuu faa-Samoa ma lo latou faaaogaina ma e tusa ai ma le tulafono e uiga i aganuu faa-Samoa ma lo latou faaaogaina.
(3) O eleele e umia saoloto o lona uiga o eleele e umia mai ia Samoa mo se fanua na faatauina mai.
… (Mataupu 101)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishProperty shall be inviolable. No owner may be prevented from disposing of his property except within the limits of the law. (Art. 16)
- Arabicالملكية مصونة. لا يجوز منع مالك من التصرف في ممتلكاته إلا في حدود القانون. (المادة 16)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed. (Art. 20)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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3. Private property, both real estate and movable assets, shall be protected
… (Art. 21) - Arabic
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3- الملكية الخاصة مصونة،
... (المادّة 21)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) In this section, discrimination refers to the treatment of different people in different ways wholly or mainly because of their different
(a) races; or
(b) places of origin; or
(c) political opinions; or
(d) colours; or
(e) religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs, or
(f) disability; or
(g) sex
in such a way that one such person is for some such reason given more favourable treatment or less favourable treatment than another such person.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, and in particular to —
(a) the succeeding provisions of this section; and
(b) section 29 (Protection of Tuvaluan values, etc.); and
(c) section 31 (disciplined forces of Tuvalu); and
(d) section 32 (foreign disciplined forces); and
(e) section 33 (hostile disciplined forces); and
(f) section 36 (restrictions on certain rights and freedoms during public emergencies),
no-one shall be treated in a discriminatory manner.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a law so far as it makes provision –
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(e) in relation to land;
… (Sec. 27)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed.
… (Art. 35) - Arabicيضمن القانون حقّ الملكية.
… (الفصل 35)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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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
- EnglishCollective and individual private ownership shall be protected … (Art. 15)
- Arabicالملكيّة الخاصّة من جماعية وفردية، مصانة ... (المادّة 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to private property and to its transmission, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.
2. The state shall respect and protect the property and any other rights in rem of private individuals, corporate bodies and local communities,
… (Art. 37) - Portuguese1. A todos é garantido o direito à propriedade privada e à sua transmissão, nos termos da Constituição e da lei.
2. O Estado respeita e protege a propriedade e demais direitos reais das pessoas singulares, colectivas e das comunidades locais,
… (Art. 37)