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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe manner in which property is acquired and enjoyed shall be established by law so as to ensure its economic, social, and environmental function.
The manner and conditions of inheritance shall be established by law. (Art. 67) - SloveneZakon določa način pridobivanja in uživanja lastnine tako, da je zagotovljena njena gospodarska, socialna in ekološka funkcija.
Zakon določa način in pogoje dedovanja. (67. Člen)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this section—
(a) no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect;
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(2) 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 or creed, 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 afforded to persons of another such description.
(3) Subsection (1)(a) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision—
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(b) with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
… (Sec. 23)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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13. Native law and custom, including the personal law relating to marriage, divorce, guardianship, maintenance, adoption, legitimacy, family law, gifts or succession, testate or intestate; registration of adoptions under native law or custom; the determination of matters of native law or custom; the constitution, organization, and procedure of native courts (including the right of audience in such courts), and the jurisdiction and powers of such courts, which shall extend only to the matters included in this paragraph and shall not include jurisdiction in respect of offences except in so far as conferred by federal law.
… (Ninth Schedule, List IIA—Supplement to State List for States of Sabah and Sarawak, [Article 95B(1)(a)]) - Malay...
13. Undang-undang dan adat anak negeri, termasuk undang-undang diri yang berhubungan dengan perkahwinan, perceraian, penjagaan, nafkah, pengangkatan, kesahtarafan, undang-undang keluarga, alang atau pewarisan, berwasiat atau tidak berwasiat; pendaftaran pengangkatan di bawah undang-undang atau adat anak negeri; penentuan perkara perkara mengenai undang-undang atau adat anak negeri; keanggotaan, susunan, dan tatacara mahkamah anak negeri (termasuk hak untuk didengar di dalam mahkamah itu), dan bidang kuasa dan kuasa mahkamah itu, yang hendaklah meliputi hanya perkara yang termasuk dalam perenggan ini sahaja dan tidaklah termasuk bidang kuasa berkenaan dengan kesalahan kecuali setakat yang diberikan oleh undang-undang persekutuan.
… (Jadual Kesembilan, Senarai IIA—Tambahan kepada Senarai Negeri bagi Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak, [Perkara 95B(1)(a)])
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWhereas every person in Nauru is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following freedoms, namely:-
(a) …, the enjoyment of property and the protection of the law;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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It is exclusively the competence of the National Congress:
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XVI – to authorize, in Indian lands, the exploitation and use of hydric resources and the prospecting and mining of mineral resources;
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É da competência exclusiva do Congresso Nacional:
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XVI - autorizar, em terras indígenas, a exploração e o aproveitamento de recursos hídricos e a pesquisa e lavra de riquezas minerais;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State shall pursue the following policies:
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(e) Policies relating to agriculture and land reforms:
(1) to make scientific land reforms having regard to the interests of the farmers, while ending the dual ownership existing in the lands,
… (Art. 51) - Nepaliराज्यले देहायका नीतिहरू अवलम्बन गर्नेछः–
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(ङ) कृषि र भूमिसुधार सम्बन्धी नीतिः
(१) भूमिमा रहेको दोहोरो स्वामित्व अन्त्य गर्दै किसानको हितलाई ध्यानमा राखी वैज्ञानिक भूमिसुधार गर्ने,
... (धारा ५१)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishIn addition to this Constitution, the laws of The Gambia consist of—
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(f) the Sharia as regards matters of marriage, divorce and inheritance among members of the communities to which it applies. (Sec. 7)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishParliament shall provide, in relation to any compulsory acquisition of customary land or any right over or interest in it, that:-
(a) before such land is compulsorily acquired, there shall be prior negotiations with the owner of the land, right or interest;
(b) the owner shall have a right of access to independent legal advice; and
(c) so far as practicable the interest so acquired shall be limited to a fixed-term interest. (Sec. 112)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe Republic of Cuba is governed by a socialist economic system based on ownership by all people of the fundamental means of production as the primary form of property as well as the planned direction of the economy, which considers, regulates, and monitors the economy according to the interests of the society. (Art. 18)
- SpanishEn la República de Cuba rige un sistema de economía socialista basado en la propiedad de todo el pueblo sobre los medios fundamentales de producción como la forma de propiedad principal, y la dirección planificada de la economía, que tiene en cuenta, regula y controla el mercado en función de los intereses de la sociedad. (Art. 18)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishOwnership, capital and labour constitute the foundation of the social structure of the State; and the same are individual rights with a social function and which shall be regulated by the law. (Art. 26)
- Arabicالملكية ورأس المال والعمل مقوّمات أساسية لكيان الدولة الاجتماعي وهي جميعها حقوق فردية ذات وظيفة اجتماعية، ينظمها القانون. (المادّة 26)