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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Niger
- EnglishThe Law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the regime of property, of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations;
… (Art. 100) - FrenchLa loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- du régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales ;
... (Art. 100)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Panama
- EnglishPrivate property acquired by juridical or natural persons is guaranteed in accordance with the law. (Art. 47)
- SpanishSe garantiza la propiedad privada adquirida con arreglo a la Ley por personas jurídicas o naturales. (Art. 47)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Thailand
- EnglishThe State should take actions relating to land, water resources and energy as follows:
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3. to provide measures for distribution of landholding in order to thoroughly and fairly allow people to have land for making a living;
4. to provide quality water resources which are sufficient for consumption by the people, including for agriculture, industry and other activities;
... (Sec. 72) - Thaiรัฐพึงดําเนินการเกี่ยวกับที่ดิน ทรัพยากรน้ำ และพลังงานดังต่อไปนี้
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(๓) จัดให้มีมาตรการกระจายการถือครองที่ดินเพื่อให้ประชาชนสามารถมีที่ทํากินได้อย่างทั่วถึงและเป็นธรรม
(๔) จัดให้มีทรัพยากรน้ําที่มีคุณภาพและเพียงพอต่อการอุปโภคบริโภคของประชาชน รวมทั้งการประกอบเกษตรกรรม อุตสาหกรรม และการอื่น
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Botswana
- EnglishWhereas every person in Botswana is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her 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, namely-
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(c) protection for the privacy of his or her home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation,
... (Sec. 3)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
South Africa
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(4) For the purposes of this section—
(a) the public interest includes the nation’s commitment to land reform, and to reforms to bring about equitable access to all South Africa’s natural resources; and
(b) property is not limited to land.
(5) The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to foster conditions which enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis.
(6) A person or community whose tenure of land is legally insecure as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to tenure which is legally secure or to comparable redress.
(7) A person or community dispossessed of property after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to restitution of that property or to equitable redress.
(8) No provision of this section may impede the state from taking legislative and other measures to achieve land, water and related reform, in order to redress the results of past racial discrimination, provided that any departure from the provisions of this section is in accordance with the provisions of section 36(1).
(9) Parliament must enact the legislation referred to in subsection (6). (Sec. 25)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Saint Lucia
- EnglishWhereas every person in Saint Lucia is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her 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, namely—
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(c) protection for his or her family life, his or her personal privacy, the privacy of his or her home and other property … (Sec. 1)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Yemen
- EnglishThe national economy is based on freedom of economic activity which benefits both the individual and society and which enhances national independence. The national economy should be founded on the following principles:
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c. Protection and respect for private ownership, … (Art. 7) - Arabicيقوم الاقتصاد الوطني على أساس حرية النشاط الاقتصادي بما يحقق مصلحة الفرد والمجتمع، وبما يعزز الاستقلال الوطني وباعتماد المبادئ التالية:-
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ج. حماية واحترام الملكية الخاصة … (المادّة 7)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Chad
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the status and capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
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The law defines the fundamental principles:
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- of the regime of ownership [propriété], of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations;
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- of the regime of land tenure [foncier];
… (Art. 127) - Arabic...
يحدد القانون القواعد المتعلقة:
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- ... بحالة وقدرة الأشخاص وأنظمة الزواج والإرث والهدايا؛
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يحدد القانون المبادئ الأساسية:
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- لنظام الملكية والحقوق العقارية والواجبات المدنية والتجارية؛
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- نظام حيازة الأراضي؛
... (المادة 127) - French…
La loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales;
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- du régime foncier;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Uganda
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2. Parliament shall make appropriate laws for the protection of the rights of widows and widowers to inherit the property of their deceased spouses and to enjoy parental rights over their children.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishThe predominance of large land estates is contrary to the interests of society. Appropriate tax law provisions shall be enacted to tax fallow lands and establish the necessary measures to transform them into productive economic units, likewise recovering arable land. Farmers and other agricultural producers are entitled to own land, in the cases and forms specified under the pertinent law. The State shall protect and promote associative and private forms of property in such manner as to guarantee agricultural production. The State shall see to the sustainable ordering of arable land to guarantee its food producing potential. … (Art. 307)
- SpanishEl régimen latifundista es contrario al interés social. La ley dispondrá lo conducente en materia tributaria para gravar las tierras ociosas y establecerá las medidas necesarias para su transformación en unidades económicas productivas, rescatando igualmente las tierras de vocación agrícola. Los campesinos o campesinas y demás productores o productoras agropecuarios tienen derecho a la propiedad de la tierra, en los casos y formas especificados por la ley respectiva. El Estado protegerá y promoverá las formas asociativas y particulares de propiedad para garantizar la producción agrícola. El Estado velará por la ordenación sustentable de las tierras de vocación agrícola para asegurar su potencial agroalimentario. … (Art. 307)