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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe use of property bears a social function, and all economic agents shall contribute to the common good. Individuals and private groups, including corporations, cooperatives, and similar collective organizations, shall have the right to own, establish, and operate economic enterprises, subject to the duty of the State to promote distributive justice and to intervene when the common good so demands. (Art. XII, Sec. 6)
- FilipinoAng paggamit ng ariarian ay may nauukol na tungkuling sosyal, at lahat ng mga kinatawang pangkabuhayan ay dapat mag-ambag sa kabutihang panlahat. Dapat magkaroon ng karapatan ang bawat indibidwal at mga pribadong pangkat, kabilang ang mga korporasyon, mga kooperatiba, at katularing mga lansakang organisasyon, na magmay-ari, magtatag at magpalakad ng mga negosyong pangkabuhayan, sa saklaw ng tungkulin ng Estado na itaguyod ang marapat na katarungan at manghimasok kapag hinihingi ang kabutihang panglahat. (Art. XII, Seksyon 6)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe economy of Tajikistan shall be based on various forms of ownership.
The state shall guarantee freedom of economic activities, entrepreneurship, equality of rights, and the protection of all forms of ownership including private ownership. (Art. 12) - RussianОснову экономики Таджикистана составляют различные формы собственности.
Государство гарантирует свободу экономической и предпринимательской деятельности, равноправие и правовую защиту всех форм собственности, в том числе частной. (Статья 12) - TajikАсоси иқтисодиёти Тоҷикистонро шаклҳои гуногуни моликият ташкил медиҳанд.
Давлат фаъолияти озоди иқтисодӣ, соҳибкорӣ, баробарҳуқуқӣ ва ҳифзи ҳуқуқии ҳамаи шаклҳои моликият, аз ҷумла моликияти хусусиро кафолат медихад. (Моддаи 12)
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
- EnglishAll persons, individually or collectively, shall have the right to ownership. Only natural person or legal entity of Khmer nationality shall have the right to land ownership.
Legal private ownership shall be protected by law.
… (Art. 44) - Khmerជនណាក៏ដោយ ទោះជាបុគ្គលក្តី ជាសមូហភាពក្តី មានសិទ្ធិជាម្ចាស់កម្មសិទ្ធិ។ មានតែរូបវន្តបុគ្គល ឬនីតិបុគ្គល ដែលមានសញ្ជាតិជាខ្មែរទេ ទើបមានសិទ្ធិជាម្ចាស់កម្មសិទ្ធិលើដីធ្លី។
កម្មសិទ្ធិឯកជនស្របច្បាប់ ឋិតនៅក្រោមការគាំពារនៃច្បាប់។
... (មាត្រា ៤៤)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishMarriage and divorce; infants and minors; adoption; wills, intestacy and succession; joint family and partition; all matters in respect of which parties in judicial proceedings were immediately before the commencement of this Constitution subject to their personal law. (Seventh Schedule: List III – Concurrent List, Art. 5)
- Hindiविवाह और तलाक; शिशु और नाबालिग; गोद लेना; वसीयत, निर्वासीयतता और उत्तराधिकार; संयुक्त परिवार और विभाजन; सभी मामले जिनके संबंध में न्यायिक कार्यवाहियाँ इस संविधान के लागू होने से पहले उनके व्यक्तिगत कानून के अधीन थीं। (सातवीं अनुसूची: सूची III – समवर्ती सूची, अनुच्छेद 5)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The state shall endeavor to realize the land-to-the-tillers principle with respect to agricultural land. Tenant farming shall be prohibited.
2. The leasing of agricultural land and the consignment management of agricultural land to increase agricultural productivity and to ensure the rational utilization of agricultural land or due to unavoidable circumstances, shall be recognized under the conditions as prescribed by law. (Art. 121) - Korean①국가는 농지에 관하여 경자유전의 원칙이 달성될 수 있도록 노력하여야 하며, 농지의 소작제도는 금지된다.
②농업생산성의 제고와 농지의 합리적인 이용을 위하거나 불가피한 사정으로 발생하는 농지의 임대차와 위탁경영은 법률이 정하는 바에 의하여 인정된다. (제121조)
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
- 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,
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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)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishNational reform in various areas shall be carried out to at least achieve the following results:
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g. Other Areas:
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2. ensuring a fair distribution of land holding, as well as an examination of ownership and holding of land throughout the country with a view to systemically solving the problems of land ownership and possessory rights;
... (Sec. 258) - Thaiให้ดําเนินการปฏิรูปประเทศอย่างน้อยในด้านต่างๆ ให้เกิดผลดังต่อไปนี้
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ช. ด้านอื่นๆ
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(๒) จัดให้มีการกระจายการถือครองที่ดินอย่างเป็นธรรม รวมทั้งการตรวจสอบกรรมสิทธิ์และการถือครองที่ดินทั้งประเทศ เพื่อแก้ไขปัญหากรรมสิทธิ์และสิทธิครอบครองที่ดินอย่างเป็นระบบ
... (มาตรา ๒๕๘)