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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote the welfare and development of the people of Malawi by progressively adopting and implementing policies and legislation aimed at achieving the following goals—
a. Gender Equality
To obtain gender equality through—
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iii. the implementation of policies to address social issues such as domestic violence, security of the person, lack of maternity benefits, economic exploitation and rights to property.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe law shall set conditions for land division and aggregation in terms of a territorial management plan and the well-being of the communities concerned, within the framework of agrarian reform. (Art. 37)
- FrenchLa loi fixe les conditions de morcellement et de remembrement de la terre en fonction du plan d'aménagement du territoire et du bien-être des communautés concernées, dans le cadre d'une réforme agraire. (Art. 37)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Nothing in this Constitution shall affect the validity of any restrictions imposed by law on the transfer or lease of customary land in the State of Negeri Sembilan or the State of Malacca, or of any interest in such land.
… (Art. 90) - Malay(1) Tiada apa-apa jua dalam Perlembagaan ini boleh menyentuh kesahan apa-apa sekatan yang dikenakan oleh undang-undang ke atas pemindahan hakmilik atau pemajakan tanah adat di Negeri Sembilan atau Negeri Melaka, atau pemindahan hakmilik atau pemajakan apa-apa kepentingan mengenai tanah itu.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (8) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, 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) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
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(c) for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in the preceding subsection (or of persons connected with such persons), of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law applicable to persons of that description;(d) with respect to land, the tenure of land, the resumption and acquisition of land and other like purposes;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The State shall determine the conditions under which land may be used and enjoyed.
2. The right to use and benefit from land shall be granted to individual or corporate persons, taking into account its social or economic purpose. (Art. 110) - Portuguese1. O Estado determina as condições de uso e aproveitamento da terra.
2. O direito de uso e aproveitamento da terra é conferido às pessoas singulares ou colectivas tendo em conta o seu fim social ou económico. (Art. 110)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The State guarantees the forms of public, private, cooperative, associative, communitarian, communal, family and mixed ownership [propiedad]; all of them form part of the mixed economy, are subordinate to the superior social interests of the nation and fulfill a social function, all [of them] will have the same rights and prerogatives in accordance with the juridical norms[,] and the legal domain and possession of any of these forms of ownership will not be disturbed. Except [in] the cases in which the laws on the matter so provide. (Art. 103)
- Spanish
El Estado garantiza las formas de propiedad pública, privada, cooperativa, asociativa, comunitaria, comunal, familiar y mixta; todas ellas forman parte de la economía mixta, están supeditadas a los intereses sociales superiores de la nación y cumplen una función social, todas tendrán los mismos derechos y prerrogativas de conformidad a las normas jurídicas y no se perturbará el dominio y posesión legal de cualquiera de estas formas de propiedad. Excepto los casos en que las leyes de la materia así lo dispongan. (Art. 103)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe privacy of any person, his or her residence, property, document, data, correspondence and matters relating to his or her character shall, except in accordance with law, be inviolable. (Art. 28)
- Nepaliकुनै पनि व्यक्तिको जीउ, आवास, सम्पत्ति, लिखत, तथ्यांक, पत्राचार र चरित्र सम्बन्धी विषयको गोपनीयता कानून बमोजिम बाहेक अनतिक्रम्य हुनेछ । (धारा २८)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWhereas every person in Solomon Islands is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his 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 home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the state and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
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The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the regime of property,
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La loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités,
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- du régime de la propriété,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The State preferably supports agricultural development. It guarantees the right of ownership concerning land, in private or communal form or any other associative form. The law may establish the limits and the extent of the land according to the particularities of each zone. Abandoned lands, according to legal prevision, pass to the domain of the State for their adjudication and sale. (Art. 88)
- Spanish
El Estado apoya preferentemente el desarrollo agrario. Garantiza el derecho de propiedad sobre la tierra, en forma privada o comunal o en cualquiera otra forma asociativa. La ley puede fijar los límites y la extensión de la tierra según las peculiaridades de cada zona.
Las tierras abandonadas, según previsión legal, pasan al dominio del Estado para su adjudicación en venta. (Art. 88)