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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThere shall be no violation of the property of a person. (Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty (1992), Sec. 3)
- Hebrewאין פוגעים בקניינו של אדם. (חוק יסוד: כבוד האדם וחירותו (1992), סעיף 3)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The right of private property shall be protected by law.
2. Everyone shall have the right to have property and to possess, use and dispose of it both individually and jointly with other persons.
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4. The right of inheritance shall be guaranteed. (Art. 35) - Russian1. Право частной собственности охраняется законом.
2. Каждый вправе иметь имущество в собственности, владеть, пользоваться и распоряжаться им как единолично, так и совместно с другими лицами.
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4. Право наследования гарантируется. (Статья 35)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishI. The lands that are taken over shall be given to rural native indigenous peoples, intercultural indigenous communities, Afro-Bolivian and rural communities, which do not possess them or have insufficient lands, in accordance with state policy concerned with the ecological and geographic realities, as well as the population, social, cultural and economic necessities. The endowment shall be carried out according to the policies of sustainable rural development and the right of women to access, distribution and redistribution of land, without discrimination based on civil status or marital union.
… (Art. 395) - SpanishI. Las tierras fiscales serán dotadas a indígena originario campesinos, comunidades interculturales originarias, afrobolivianos y comunidades campesinas que no las posean o las posean insuficientemente, de acuerdo con una política estatal que atienda a las realidades ecológicas y geográficas, así como a las necesidades poblacionales, sociales, culturales y económicas. La dotación se realizará de acuerdo con las políticas de desarrollo rural sustentable y la titularidad de las mujeres al acceso, distribución y redistribución de la tierra, sin discriminación por estado civil o unión conyugal.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe ownership is protected by the law. … (Art. 15)
- Arabicالملكية في حمى القانون. ... (المادّة 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
All persons are equal before the law, without any distinction whatsoever, Brazilians and foreigners residing in the country being ensured of inviolability of the right to life, to liberty, to equality, to security and to property, on the following terms:
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XXII – the right of property is guaranteed;
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XXVI – the small rural property, as defined by law, provided that it is exploited by the family, shall not be subject to attachment for the payment of debts incurred by reason of its productive activities, and the law shall establish the means to finance its development;
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XXX – the right to inheritance is guaranteed;
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Todos são iguais perante a lei, sem distinção de qualquer natureza, garantindo-se aos brasileiros e aos estrangeiros residentes no País a inviolabilidade do direito à vida, à liberdade, à igualdade, à segurança e à propriedade, nos termos seguintes:
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XXII - é garantido o direito de propriedade;
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XXVI - a pequena propriedade rural, assim definida em lei, desde que trabalhada pela família, não será objeto de penhora para pagamento de débitos decorrentes de sua atividade produtiva, dispondo a lei sobre os meios de financiar o seu desenvolvimento;
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XXX - é garantido o direito de herança;
... (Art. 5)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(5) Article 89 shall not apply to the State of Sabah or Sarawak, and Article 8 shall not invalidate or prohibit any provision of State law in the State of Sabah or Sarawak for the reservation of land for natives of the State or for alienation to them, or for giving them preferential treatment as regards the alienation of land by the State.
(6) In this Article “native” means—
(a) in relation to Sarawak, a person who is a citizen and either belongs to one of the races specified in Clause (7) as indigenous to the State or is of mixed blood deriving exclusively from those races; and
(b) in relation to Sabah, a person who is a citizen, is the child or grandchild of a person of a race indigenous to Sabah, and was born (whether on or after Malaysia Day or not) either in Sabah or to a father domiciled in Sabah at the time of the birth.
(7) The races to be treated for the purposes of the definition of “native” in Clause (6) as indigenous to Sarawak are the Bukitans, Bisayahs, Dusuns, Sea Dayaks, Land Dayaks, Kadayans, Kalabits, Kayans, Kenyahs (including Sabups and Sipengs), Kajangs (including Sekapans, Kejamans, Lahanans, Punans, Tanjongs and Kanowits), Lugats, Lisums, Malays, Melanos, Muruts, Penans, Sians, Tagals, Tabuns and Ukits. (Art. 161A) - Malay…
(5) Perkara 89 tidaklah terpakai bagi Negeri Sabah atau Sarawak, dan Perkara 8 tidaklah menidaksahkan atau melarang apa-apa peruntukan undang-undang Negeri di Negeri Sabah atau Sarawak bagi merizabkan tanah bagi anak negeri Negeri itu atau bagi memberikan hakmilik kepada mereka, atau bagi memberikan layanan keutamaan kepada mereka berkenaan dengan pemberian hakmilik tanah oleh Negeri itu.
(6) Dalam Perkara ini “anak negeri” ertinya—
(a) berhubung dengan Sarawak, seseorang yang merupakan warganegara dan sama ada yang tergolong dalam salah satu daripada ras yang dinyatakan dalam Fasal (7) sebagai ras asli bagi Negeri itu atau yang berketurunan campuran yang berasal semata-mata daripada ras-ras itu; dan
(b) berhubung dengan Sabah, seseorang yang merupakan warganegara, ialah anak atau cucu kepada seorang daripada suatu ras asli bagi Sabah, dan telah lahir (sama ada atau tidak pada atau selepas Hari Malaysia) sama ada di Sabah atau dengan bapanya berdomisil di Sabah pada masa kelahiran itu.
(7) Ras-ras yang dikira sebagai ras asli bagi Sarawak bagi maksud takrif “anak negeri” dalam Fasal (6) ialah Bukitan, Bisayah, Dusun, Dayak, Dayak Laut, Dayak Darat, Kadayan, Kalabit, Kayan, Kenyah (termasuk Sabup dan Sipeng), Kajang (termasuk Sekapan, Kejaman, Lahanan, Punan, Tanjong dan Kanowit), Lugat, Lisum, Melayu, Melano, Murut, Penan, Sian, Tagal, Tabun dan Ukit. (Perkara 161A)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Where any Banaban possesses any right over or interest in any land in Banaba, such right or interest shall not be affected in any way by reason of the fact that he resides in Rabi Island in Fiji.
2. Where the Republic has acquired any right over or interest in land in Banaba-
a. from any Banaban for the purpose of phosphate extraction; or
b. by operation of law where the Crown had acquired it before Independence Day from any Banaban for that purpose, the Republic shall transfer that right or interest to the Banaban from whom it was acquired (whether by the Republic or the Crown) or to his heirs and successors upon the completion of phosphate extraction from that land.
3. Where any Banaban possesses any right over or interest in land in Banaba, no such right or interest shall be compulsorily acquired other than a leasehold interest and in accordance with section 8(1) of this Constitution, and then only where the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say-
a. the Banaba Island Council has been consulted; and
b. every reasonable effort has been made to acquired the interest by agreement with the person who possesses the right over or interest in the land.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe contracts of rural share-farming will be regulated in order to assure the rational exploitation of the land and the equitable distribution of its products between owners and share-farmers [aparceros]. (Art. 69)
- SpanishLos contratos de aparcería rural serán regulados con el fin de asegurar la explotación racional de la tierra y la distribución equitativa de sus productos entre propietarios y aparceros. (Art. 69)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(6) The husband and wife shall have the equal right to property and family affairs. (Art. 38) - Nepali
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(६) सम्पत्ति तथा पारिवारिक मामिलामा दम्पतीको समान हक हुनेछ । (धारा ३८)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (5), (6) and (9) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(4) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex 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.
(5) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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(c) for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in the preceding subsection (or of persons connected with such persons), of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law applicable to persons of that description;
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(e) with respect to land, the tenure of land, the resumption and acquisition of land and other like purposes;
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