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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
North Macedonia
- EnglishThe right to ownership of property and the right of inheritance are guaranteed.
… (Art 30) - MacedonianСе гарантира правото на сопственост и правото на наследување.
… (Член 30)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Argentina
- EnglishAll the inhabitants of the Nation are entitled to the following rights, in accordance with the laws that regulate their exercise, namely: … to make use and dispose of their property; … (Sec. 14)
- SpanishTodos los habitantes de la Nación gozan de los siguientes derechos conforme a las leyes que reglamenten su ejercicio; a saber: … de usar y disponer de su propiedad; … (Art. 14)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
China
- EnglishCitizens' lawful private property is inviolable.
The State, in accordance with law, protects the rights of citizens to private property and to its inheritance.
… (Art. 13) - Chinese公民的合法的私有财产不受侵犯。
国家依照法律规定保护公民的私有财产权和继承权。
… (第十三条)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Israel
- 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
Russian Federation
- 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
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- 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.
… (Art. 395)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Lebanon
- EnglishThe ownership is protected by the law. … (Art. 15)
- Arabicالملكية في حمى القانون. ... (المادّة 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Fiji
- English…
(3) A person must not be unfairly discriminated against, directly or indirectly on the grounds of his or her—
(a) actual or supposed personal characteristics or circumstances, including race, culture, ethnic or social origin, colour, place of origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, birth, primary language, economic or social or health status, disability, age, religion, conscience, marital status or pregnancy;
(b) opinions or beliefs, except to the extent that those opinions or beliefs involve harm to others or the diminution of the rights or freedoms of others, or on any other ground prohibited by this Constitution.
(4) A law or an administrative action taken under a law may not directly or indirectly impose a limitation or restriction on any person on a prohibited ground.
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(8) A law, or an administrative action taken under a law, is not inconsistent with the rights mentioned in this section on the ground that it—
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(e) makes provision with respect to adoption, marriage, devolution of property9 on death, and pension;
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(g) to the extent necessary and without infringing the rights or freedoms set out in any other section of this Chapter, gives effect to the communal ownership of iTaukei, Rotuman and Banaban lands and access to marine resources, or the bestowing of iTaukei, Rotuman and Banaban chiefly title or rank. (Sec. 26) - iTaukei…
(3) Na veivakaduiduitaki e vakatabui vakalawa kevaka e yaco vua e dua na tamata ena vuku ni—
(a) nona ivakarau se kena ituvaki, oka kina na veimatatamata e lewena, nona itovo vakavanua, kawatamata, kuliniyago, na nona yavutu, kevaka e yalewa se tagane, kevaka e tagane, na nona digitaka me vinakata na tagane, kevaka e yalewa, na nona digitaka me vinakata na yalewa, se nona digitaka me vinakata ruarua na yalewa kei na tagane, nomu digitaka se vakaraitaka mo bulataka na bula vakatagane se bula vakayalewa, kevaka e gone susu se sucu ena daku ni vakamau, vosanisucu, ituvaki ni bula se bula vakailavo, vakaleqai vakayago, yabaki ni bula, nomu vakabauta, lewa e loma, vakawati se sega, se kevaka e bukete; se
(b) nomu vakasama se vakabauta, vakavo kevaka na vakasama se vakabauta qo e vakamavoataka tale e so na tamata se na kena vakalailaitaka na nona dodonu se galala tale e so, se ena dua tale na tikina e vakatabui ena Yavunivakavulewa qo.
(4) Na lawa se dua na vakatulewa e vakayacori ena dua na lawa ena sega ni rawa ni vakayagataka na yavu e vakamacalataki ena wasetiki (3) me yalana na nona dodonu e dua.
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(8) Na lawa se na vakatulewa e vakayacori ena dua na lawa tabaki, e sega ni veicoqacoqa kei na dodonu e virikotori ena tikina qo kevaka e—
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(e) vakarautaka na veika vakaivola me baleta na gone vakacabecabe, vakamau, dewa na taukeni ni iyau ena vuku ni mate kei na peniseni;
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(g) me yalani ena gauna e gadrevi kina ka me kua ni veicoqacoqa kei na dodonu se na galala e virikotori ena dua na tikina ena Wase qo, e vakatara na kena taukeni vakavanua na kedra qele kei na nodra vakayagataka na iyaubula mai waitui o ira na iTaukei, Rotuma kei na Rabi se na ivakarau ni kena soli na itutu ni veiliutaki ni iTaukei, Rotuma kei na Rabi. (Sec. 26)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Chile
- EnglishThe Constitution assures to all persons:
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23. Freedom to acquire ownership over all classes of assets, except those which nature has made common to all men or which should belong to the entire Nation, and that the law so declares. The above is without prejudice to [what is] prescribed in other precepts of this Constitution.
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24. The right of ownership in its diverse kinds over all classes of corporeal and incorporeal assets.
Only the law can establish the manner [modo] to acquire property and to use, enjoy and dispose of it, and the limitations and obligations which derive from its social function.
… (Art. 19) - SpanishLa Constitución asegura a todas las personas:
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23º.- La libertad para adquirir el dominio de toda clase de bienes, excepto aquellos que la naturaleza ha hecho comunes a todos los hombres o que deban pertenecer a la Nación toda y la ley lo declare así. Lo anterior es sin perjuicio de lo prescrito en otros preceptos de esta Constitución.
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24º.- El derecho de propiedad en sus diversas especies sobre toda clase de bienes corporales o incorporales.
Sólo la ley puede establecer el modo de adquirir la propiedad, de usar, gozar y disponer de ella y las limitaciones y obligaciones que deriven de su función social.
... (Art. 19)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Myanmar
- 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)