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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
India
- EnglishLand, that is to say, rights in or over land, land tenures including the relation of landlord and tenant, and the collection of rents; transfer and alienation of agricultural land; land improvement and agricultural loans; colonization. (Seventh Schedule: List II – State List, Art. 18)
- Hindiभूमि, अर्थात भूमि, भूमालिक तथा किरायेदार के संबंध सहित भूमि पर अधिकार की भूमि, अर्थात भूमि, भूमालिक तथा किरायेदार के संबंध सहित भूमि पर अधिकार की अवधि, और किराये का एकत्रीकरण; कृषि भूमि का अंतरण और इसे अलग करना; भूमि सुधार और कृषि ऋण; उपनिवेशन। (सातवीं अनुसूची: सूची II – राज्य सूची, अनुच्छेद 18)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Portugal
- English1. The law shall regulate the resizing of farming units that are excessively large from the point of view of the agricultural policy objectives,
… (Art. 94) - Portuguese1. O redimensionamento das unidades de exploração agrícola que tenham dimensão excessiva do ponto de vista dos objectivos da política agrícola será regulado por lei,
… (Art. 94)