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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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Land may be privately owned on the terms and in the manner prescribed by law, which ensure its rational use and protection as national wealth. (Art. 68) - Uzbek
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Yer qonunda nazarda tutilgan hamda undan oqilona foydalanishni va uni umummilliy boylik sifatida muhofaza qilishni ta’minlovchi shartlar asosida va tartibda xususiy mulk bo‘lishi mumkin. (68-modda)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) All land in Kenya belongs to the people of Kenya collectively as a nation, as communities and as individuals.
… (Art. 61) - Swahili(1) Ardhi yote nchini Kenya ni mali ya watu wa Kenya kwa pamoja kama taifa, jamii na kama mtu mmoja mmoja.
… (Kifungu cha 61)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe law will regulate the personal and patrimonial relations of the spouses among themselves, and between themselves and their children, establishing the rights and reciprocal duties over equitable bases; and will create the necessary institutions to guarantee its applicability. … (Art. 33)
- SpanishLa ley regulará las relaciones personales y patrimoniales de los cónyuges entre sí y entre ellos y sus hijos, estableciendo los derechos y deberes recíprocos sobre bases equitativas; y creará las instituciones necesarias para garantizar su aplicabilidad. … (Art. 33)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State shall take the necessary measures to maintain and develop efficient land cultivation, to prevent its loss through erosion, and to provide land to farmers with insufficient land of their own, or no land. For this purpose, the law may define the size of appropriate land units, according to different agricultural regions and types of farming. Provision of land to farmers with no or insufficient land shall not lead to a fall in production, or to the depletion of forests and other land and underground resources.
Lands distributed for this purpose shall neither be divided nor be transferred to others, except through inheritance, and shall be cultivated only by the farmers to whom the lands have been distributed, and their heirs. In the event of loss of these conditions, the principles relating to the recovery by the State of the land thus distributed shall be prescribed by law. (Art. 44) - TurkishDevlet, toprağın verimli olarak işletilmesini korumak ve geliştirmek, erozyonla kaybedilmesini önlemek ve topraksız olan veya yeter toprağı bulunmayan çiftçilikle uğraşan köylüye toprak sağlamak amacıyla gerekli tedbirleri alır. Kanun, bu amaçla, değişik tarım bölgeleri ve çeşitlerine göre toprağın genişliğini tespit edebilir. Topraksız olan veya yeter toprağı bulunmayan çiftçiye toprak sağlanması, üretimin düşürülmesi, ormanların küçülmesi ve diğer toprak ve yeraltı servetlerinin azalması sonucunu doğuramaz.
Bu amaçla dağıtılan topraklar bölünemez, miras hükümleri dışında başkalarına devredilemez ve ancak dağıtılan çiftçilerle mirasçıları tarafından işletilebilir. Bu şartların kaybı halinde, dağıtılan toprağın Devletçe geri alınmasına ilişkin esaslar kanunla düzenlenir. (Madde 44)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The right to have private property and its transfer in life or as a result of death, shall be guaranteed to everyone, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.
2. The right to inheritance shall be guaranteed.
… (Art. 69) - Portuguese1. É garantido a todos o direito à propriedade privada e à sua transmissão em vida ou por morte, nos termos da Constituição e da lei.
2. É garantido o direito à herança.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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– … the estate and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts, the regime of property, of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations, … (Art. 70) - French…
La Loi fixe les règles concernant :
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• … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités, le régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales, … (Art. 70)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishAgrarian reform is a comprehensive process and an instrument for the transformation of the agrarian structure of the country, aimed at replacing latifundia and minifundia by a system of ownership, tenure, and use of the land that guarantees social justice in rural areas and increases the production and productivity of the agricultural sector.
The implementation of agrarian reform is declared to be of public need and interest. (Art. 344) - SpanishLa Reforma Agraria es un proceso integral y un instrumento de transformación de la estructura agraria del país, destinado a sustituir el latifundio y el minifundio por un sistema de propiedad, tenencia y explotación de la tierra que garantice la justicia social en el campo y aumente la producción y la productividad del sector agropecuario.
Declárese de necesidad y utilidad pública la ejecución de la Reforma Agraria. (Art. 344)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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Property may be public and private.
The state grants everyone equal rights to conduct economic and other activities, except for those prohibited by law, and shall guarantee equal protection and equal conditions for the development of all forms of property.
… (Art. 13) - Belarusian
Уласнасць можа быць дзяржаўнай і прыватнай.
Дзяржава надае ўсім роўныя правы для ажыццяўлення гаспадарчай і іншай дзейнасці, акрамя забароненай законам, і гарантуе роўную абарону і роўныя ўмовы для развіцця ўсіх форм уласнасці.
… (Артыкул 13) - Russian
Собственность может быть государственной и частной.
Государство предоставляет всем равные права для осуществления хозяйственной и иной деятельности, кроме запрещенной законом, и гарантирует равную защиту и равные условия для развития всех форм собственности.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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Solely the State, the public collectivities and Ivoirian physical persons [personnes physiques] may accede to the ownership of rural land [propriété foncière rural]. The acquired rights are guaranteed.
The law determines the composition of the domain of the rural lands as well as the rules concerning the ownership, the concession and the transmission of the lands of the domain of the rural lands. (Art. 12) - French
Seuls l’Etat, les collectivités publiques et les personnes physiques ivoiriennes peuvent accéder à la propriété foncière rurale. Les droits acquis sont garantis.
La loi détermine la composition du domaine foncier rural ainsi que les règles relatives à la propriété, à la concession et à la transmission des terres du domaine foncier rural. (Art. 12)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the State and the capacity of the persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 99) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités ;
... (Art. 99)