Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana 1980, as amended to 2016
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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    WE, THE GUYANESE PEOPLE,
    … proclaim this Constitution in order to:

    Celebrate our cultural and racial diversity and strengthen our unity by eliminating any and every form of discrimination;
    Value the special place in our nation of the Indigenous Peoples and recognize their right as citizens to land and security and to their promulgation of policies for their communities;
    … (Preamble)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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    Land is for social use and must go to the tiller. (Art. 18)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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    Every citizen has the right to own personal property which includes such assets as dwelling houses and the land on which they stand, farmsteads, tools and equipment, motor vehicles and bank accounts. (Art. 19)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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    The right of inheritance is guaranteed. (Art. 20)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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    (1) Subject to the provisions of this article -
    (a) no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect; and
    (b) no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performance of the functions of any public office or any public authority.
    (2) In this article the expression ‘discriminatory’ means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their or their parents’ or guardians’ respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, age, disability, marital status, sex, gender, language, birth, social class, pregnancy, religion, conscience, belief or culture whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which other persons of the same or another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not afforded to persons of another such description.
    (3) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision -

    (b) with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
    … (Art. 149)
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Chapter IV on Citizenship.
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Chapter II on Principles and Bases of the Political, Economic and Social System.
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Chapter II on Principles and Bases of the Political, Economic and Social System.
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Part of Title 1 on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual.
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Title 1 on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual, Part 2 on Specific Rules.
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Refer to Art. 213 on Protection of Pension Rights and Art. 214 on Power of Commissions in relation to pensions, etc.