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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishOwnership, capital and labour are the fundamentals of the Kingdom's economic and social life. They are private rights that serve a social function in conformity with Islamic Shari'ah. (Basic Law, Art. 17)
- Arabicالملكية ورأس المال والعمل هي مكونات أساسية في الكيان الاقتصادي والاجتماعي للمملكة ، وهي حقوق خاصة تؤدي وظيفة اجتماعية وفقًا للشريعة الإسلامية. (النظام الأساسي ، المادة 17)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishIn granting titles for the use and enjoyment of land, the State shall recognise and protect rights acquired through inheritance or by occupation, unless there is a legal reservation or the land has been lawfully granted to another person or entity. (Art. 111)
- PortugueseNa titularização do direito de uso e aproveitamento da terra, o Estado reconhece e protege os direitos adquiridos por herança ou ocupação, salvo havendo reserva legal ou se a terra tiver sido legalmente atribuída à outra pessoa ou entidade. (Art. 111)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The Parliament legislates within the domains attributed to it by the Constitution, as well as the following domains:
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2. the general rules concerning personal status and to family law; and notably to marriage, to divorce, to filiation, to capacity and to inheritance;
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9. the regime of civil obligations, commercial [obligations] and of property;
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22. the general regime of forests and pasture lands;
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25. the real estate regime;
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28. the rules of the transfer of property of the public sector to the private sector;
… (Art. 139) - Arabic
يُشرّع البرلمان في الميادين الّتي يخصّصها له الدّستور، وكذلك في المجالات الآتية:
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2. القـواعد العامة المتعلّقة بالأحوال الشّخصيّة والأسرة، لا سيما منه ا الزّواج والطّلاق والنسب والأهلية والتّركات،
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9. نظام الالتزامات المدنيّة والتّجاريّة ونظام الملكيّة
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22. النّظام العامّ للغابات والأراضي الرّعويّة،
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25. النّظام العقاريّ
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28. قواعد نقل الملكيّة من القطاع العامّ إلى القطاع الخاصّ،
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Le Parlement légifère dans les domaines que lui attribue la Constitution, ainsi que dans les domaines suivants:
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2)- les règles générales relatives au statut personnel et au droit de la famille ; notamment au mariage, au divorce, à la filiation, à la capacité et aux successions;
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9)- le régime des obligations civiles, commerciales et de la propriété;
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22)- le régime général des forêts et des terres pastorales;
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25)- le régime foncier;
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28)- les règles de transfert de propriété du secteur public au secteur privé;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The Agrarian Reform is the fundamental instrument for the democratization of ownership [propiedad] and the just distribution of the land; it is a means that constitutes an essential part for the global promotion and strategy of the ecological reconstruction and the sustainable economic development of the country. The Agrarian Reform shall take into account the socially necessary land-man relation; also[,] ownerships are guaranteed to the peasants [campesinos] benefiting from it, in accordance with the law. (Art. 106)
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La Reforma agraria es instrumento fundamental para la democratización de la propiedad y la justa distribución de la tierra y es un medio que constituye parte esencial para la promoción y estrategia global de la reconstrucción ecológica y el desarrollo económico sostenible del país. La Reforma agraria tendrá en cuenta la relación tierra hombre socialmente necesaria; también se garantiza las propiedades a los campesinos beneficiarios de la misma de acuerdo con la ley. (Art. 106)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishEveryone has the right to own and inherit property. … (Art. 35)
- TurkishHerkes, mülkiyet ve miras haklarına sahiptir. … (Madde 35)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Every person has a right to property and for the purpose of this article this right includes the right to acquire, own peacefully enjoy and dispose of property either individually or in association with others.
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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
- English
The Rural and the Native communities have legal existence and are juridical persons.
They are autonomous in their organization, in the communal work and in the use and free disposition of their lands, as well as in economic and administrative [matters], within the framework that the law establishes. The ownership of their lands is imprescriptible, except in the case of abandonment provided for in the preceding Article. … (Art. 89) - Spanish
Las Comunidades Campesinas y las Nativas tienen existencia legal y son personas jurídicas.
Son autónomas en su organización, en el trabajo comunal y en el uso y la libre disposición de sus tierras, así como en lo económico y administrativo, dentro del marco que la ley establece. La propiedad de sus tierras es imprescriptible, salvo en el caso de abandono previsto en el artículo anterior.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(1) The Federation has powers of legislation and execution in the following matters:
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6. civil law affairs, including the rules relating to economic association but excluding regulations which render real property transactions, legal acquisition on death by individuals outside the circle of legal heirs not excepted, with aliens and transactions in built-up real property or such as is earmarked for development subject to restrictions by the administrative authorities;
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(2) In federal laws on the right of succession to undivided farm estate as well as in federal laws enacted in accordance with para 1 subpara 10 above province legislatures can be empowered to issue implementing provisions with respect to individual provisions which must be specifically designated. The provisions of Art. 15 para 6 shall apply accordingly to this provincial legislation. Execution of the implementing laws issued in such cases lies with the Federation, but the enabling ordinances, in so far as they relate to the implementing provisions of the provincial legislation, need foregoing agreement with the provincial government concerned.
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(1) Bundessache ist die Gesetzgebung und die Vollziehung in folgenden Angelegenheiten:
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6. Zivilrechtswesen einschließlich des wirtschaftlichen Assoziationswesens, jedoch mit Ausschluss von Regelungen, die den Grundstücksverkehr für Ausländer und den Verkehr mit bebauten oder zur Bebauung bestimmten Grundstücken verwaltungsbehördlichen Beschränkungen unterwerfen, einschließlich des Rechtserwerbes von Todes wegen durch Personen, die nicht zum Kreis der gesetzlichen Erben gehören;
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(2) In Bundesgesetzen über das bäuerliche Anerbenrecht sowie in den nach Abs. 1 Z 10 ergehenden Bundesgesetzen kann die Landesgesetzgebung ermächtigt werden, zu genau zu bezeichnenden einzelnen Bestimmungen Ausführungsbestimmungen zu erlassen. Für diese Landesgesetze sind die Bestimmungen des Art. 15 Abs. 6 sinngemäß anzuwenden. Die Vollziehung der in solchen Fällen ergehenden Ausführungsgesetze steht dem Bund zu, doch bedürfen die Durchführungsverordnungen, soweit sie sich auf die Ausführungsbestimmungen des Landesgesetzes beziehen, des vorherigen Einvernehmens mit der betreffenden Landesregierung.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … inheritance ...
- the regime of property, … (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … les successions ...
- le régime de la propriété, ... (Art. 84)