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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe National and state governments shall have legislative and executive competences on any of the matters listed below:
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27. Regulation of land tenure, usage and exercise of rights in land;
… (Schedule (C): Concurrent Powers)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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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;
... (Art. 139)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Subject to clauses (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this Article the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable, wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, tribe, sex, place of origin, marital status, 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 accorded to persons of another such description.
4. Clause (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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c. with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
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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
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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
- English…(2) Save as may be required by the exigencies of any particular situation, a citizen of Eswatini, without regard to gender, shall have equal access to land for normal domestic purposes.… (Sec. 211)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State recognizes the right to inheritance, according to the law. (Art. 14)
- PortugueseO Estado reconhece o direito à herança, nos termos da lei. (Art. 14)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English... The State shall also guarantee the right of ... private property. … (Art. 8)
- Arabicوتكفل الدولة حق الملكية الخاصة. ... (المادة 8)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishAll have the right to the security of their person and of their kin [proches], and to the protection of their assets.
… (Art. 21) - Arabicلكلّ فرد الحق في سلامة شخصه وأقربائه، وحماية ممتلكاته.
... (الفصل 21)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishPrivate ownership of land and other rights related to land are granted by the State.
A law determines modalities of concession, transfer and use of land. (Art. 35) - KinyarwandaUmutungo bwite w'ubutaka n'ubundi burenganzira ku butaka bitangwa na Leta.
Itegeko rigena uburyo bwo kubutanga, kubuhererekanya no kubukoresha. (Ingingo ya 35) - FrenchLa propriété foncière privée et d’autres droits réels grevant la propriété foncière sont concédés par l’Etat.
Une loi détermine les modalités de concession, de transfert et d’exploitation de la propriété foncière. (Art. 35)