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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Germany
- English…
(3) If the Federation has made use of its power to legislate, the Länder may enact laws at variance with this legislation with respect to:
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3. land distribution;
… (Art. 72) - German…
(3) Hat der Bund von seiner Gesetzgebungszuständigkeit Gebrauch gemacht, können die Länder durch Gesetz hiervon abweichende Regelungen treffen über:
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3. die Bodenverteilung;
… (Art. 72)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Eswatini
- English…(2) Save as may be required by the exigencies of any particular situation, a citizen of Eswatini, without regard to gender, shall have equal access to land for normal domestic purposes.… (Sec. 211)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Kenya
- English...
(4) The provisions of this Chapter12 on equality shall be qualified to the extent strictly necessary for the application of Muslim law before the Kadhis’ courts, to persons who profess the Muslim religion, in matters relating to personal status, marriage, divorce and inheritance.
… (Art. 24) - Swahili...
(4) Vifungu katika Sura hii kwa usawa vitatumika kwa kiwango ambacho ni lazima kabisa kutumia sharia ya Kiislamu mbele ya mahakama za Kadhi, kwa watu ambao ni waumini wa dini ya Kiisilamu, katika maswala yanayohusu hadhi binafsi, ndoa, talaka na urithi.
… (Kifungu cha 24)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State recognizes and guarantees the right to property in all of its forms, whether public, private, community, State, associative, cooperative or mixed- economy, and that it must fulfill its social and environmental role. (Art. 321)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce y garantiza el derecho a la propiedad en sus formas pública, privada, comunitaria, estatal, asociativa, cooperativa, mixta, y que deberá cumplir su función social y ambiental. (Art. 321)