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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishI. Individual agrarian property is classified as small, medium and business, according to the surface area, the production, and the development criteria. Its maximum and minimum dimensions, characteristics and forms of conversion shall be regulated by law. Legally acquired rights by individual owners, whose piece of land is inside rural native indigenous territories, are guaranteed.
II. The small property is indivisible; it constitutes a family asset that cannot be attached, and it is not subject to agrarian property taxes. The indivisibility does not affect the right of hereditary succession under conditions established by law.
III. The State recognizes, protects and guarantees communitarian or collective property, which includes rural native indigenous territory, native, intercultural communities and rural communities. Collective property is indivisible, may not be subject to prescription or attachment, is inalienable and irreversible, and it is not subject to agrarian property taxes. Communities can be owners, recognizing the complementary character of collective and individual rights, respecting the territorial unity in common. (Art. 394) - SpanishI. La propiedad agraria individual se clasifica en pequeña, mediana y empresarial, en función a la superficie, a la producción y a los criterios de desarrollo. Sus extensiones máximas y mínimas, características y formas de conversión serán reguladas por la ley. Se garantizan los derechos legalmente adquiridos por propietarios particulares cuyos predios se encuentren ubicados al interior de territorios indígena originario campesinos.
II. La pequeña propiedad es indivisible, constituye patrimonio familiar inembargable, y no está sujeta al pago de impuestos a la propiedad agraria. La indivisibilidad no afecta el derecho a la sucesión hereditaria en las condiciones establecidas por ley.
III. El Estado reconoce, protege y garantiza la propiedad comunitaria o colectiva, que comprende el territorio indígena originario campesino, las comunidades interculturales originarias y de las comunidades campesinas. La propiedad colectiva se declara indivisible, imprescriptible, inembargable, inalienable e irreversible y no está sujeta al pago de impuestos a la propiedad agraria. Las comunidades podrán ser tituladas reconociendo la complementariedad entre derechos colectivos e individuales respetando la unidad territorial con identidad. (Art. 394)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Belarus
- EnglishThe House of Representatives shall:
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2) consider draft laws, including … on the principles of ownership
… (Art. 97) - BelarusianПалата прадстаўнікоў:
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2) разглядае праекты законаў, у тым ліку … аб прынцыпах ажыццяўлення адносін уласнасці
… (Артыкул 97) - RussianПалата представителей:
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2) рассматривает проекты законов, в том числе … о принципах осуществления отношений собственности
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- EnglishWithout prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the law determines the fundamental principles concerning:
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3. The regime of land, mining, forestry and real property;
… (Art. 123) - FrenchSans préjudice des autres dispositions de la présente Constitution, la loi détermine les principes fondamentaux concernant:
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3. le régime foncier, minier, forestier et immobilier;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Canada
- EnglishThe guarantee in this Charter10 of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from any aboriginal, treaty or other rights or freedoms that pertain to the aboriginal peoples of Canada including
(a) any rights or freedoms that have been recognized by the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763; and
(b) any rights or freedoms that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired. (Constitution Act 1982, Sec. 25) - FrenchLe fait que la présente charte garantit certains droits et libertés ne porte pas atteinte aux droits ou libertés — ancestraux, issus de traités ou autres — des peoples autochtones du Canada, notamment:
a) aux droits ou libertés reconnus par la proclamation royale du 7 octobre 1763;
b) aux droits ou libertés existants issus d’accords sur des revendications territoriales ou ceux susceptibles d’être ainsi acquis. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, Sec. 25)