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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(1) Every person in Tuvalu is entitled, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs, disability, or sex, to the following fundamental rights and freedoms: -
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(h) protection for the privacy of his home and other property (see section 21); and
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) The Sharia Court of Appeal shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal law.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, the Sharia Court of Appeal shall be competent to decide –
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(c) any question of Islamic personal law regarding a wakf, gift, will or succession where the endower, donor, testator or deceased person is a Muslim;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishTo fulfill the objectives of the Agrarian Policy, the State shall carry out the following activities:
1. Grant necessary farm lands to rural dwellers and regulate the use of the water. A special system of collective ownership for rural communities which so request may be established by law;
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5. Settle new lands and regulate the tenure and use of such lands and of those incorporated into the economy as a result of the construction of new highways;
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7. Perform studies of the land in order to establish the agrological classification of Panamanian land. The policy established for the implementation of this Chapter5 shall be applicable to Indian Communities in accordance with scientific methods of cultural changes. (Art. 126) - SpanishPara el cumplimiento de los fines de la política agraria, el Estado desarrollará las siguientes actividades:
1. Dotar a los campesinos de las tierras de labor necesarias y regular el uso de las aguas. La Ley podrá establecer un régimen especial de propiedad colectiva para las comunidades campesinas que lo soliciten;
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5. Colonizar nuevas tierras y reglamentar la tenencia y el uso de las mismas y de las que se integren a la economía como resultado de la construcción de nuevas carreteras;
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7. Realizar estudios de la tierra a fin de establecer la clasificación agrológica del suelo panameño.
La política establecida para el desarrollo de este Capítulo será aplicable a las comunidades indígenas de acuerdo con los métodos científicos de cambio cultural. (Art. 126)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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18. Land – Land, that is to say, rights in or over land, land tenure, transfer and alienation of land, land use, land settlement and land improvement, to the extent set out in Appendix II.
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18. ඉඩම් - ඉඩම්, එනම් (II) වැනි පරිශිෂ්ටයෙහි දක්වා ඇති ප්රමාණයට ඉඩම් කෙරෙහි හෝ ඉඩම් විෂයයෙහි ඇති අයිතිවාසිකම්, ඉඩම් භුක්තිය, ඉඩම් විකිණීම හා අන්සතු කිරීම, ඉඩම් පරිහරණය, ඉඩම්වල පදිංචි කරවීම සහ ඉඩම් වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to private property and to its transmission, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.
2. The state shall respect and protect the property and any other rights in rem of private individuals, corporate bodies and local communities,
… (Art. 37) - Portuguese1. A todos é garantido o direito à propriedade privada e à sua transmissão, nos termos da Constituição e da lei.
2. O Estado respeita e protege a propriedade e demais direitos reais das pessoas singulares, colectivas e das comunidades locais,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Every person shall have the right to acquire or own property as regulated by law.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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WHEREAS the Peoples of the Island of Saint Vincent, who are known as Vincentians-
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c. realize that the maintenance of human dignity presupposes safeguarding the rights of privacy of family life, of property
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to private property shall be protected by law.
Citizens shall have the right to own private property, use and dispose it individually or jointly with others.
The inheritance right shall be guaranteed. (Art. 48) - RussianПраво частной собственности охраняется законом.
Каждый человек вправе иметь в собственности имущество, владеть, пользоваться и распоряжаться им как единолично, так и совместно с другими лицами.
Право наследования гарантируется. (Статья 48) - TurkmenHususy eýeçilik hukugy kanun bilen goralýar.
Her bir adam eýeçiliginde emläginiň bolmagyna, emlägine özbaşdak, şeýle-de beýleki şahslar bilen bilelikde eýelik etmäge, ondan peýdalanmaga we oňa ygtyýar etmäge haklydyr.
Miras hukugy kepillendirilýär. (48-nji madda)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Bills shall be passed by Parliament.
(2) The following shall be reserved to the legislative power:
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(b) The status of persons and property Ownership system:
1. … status of person, matrimonial system, succession and gifts;
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3. movable and immovable property ownership system;
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(d) The following financial and patrimonial matters:
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4. land tenure, State lands and mining;
… (Art. 26) - French(1) la loi est votée par le Parlement.
(2) Sont du domaine de la loi:
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b- Le statut des personnes et le régime des biens:
1. … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités;
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3. le régime de la propriété mobilière et immobilière;
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d- Les questions financières et patrimoniales suivantes:
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4. Le régime domanial, foncier et minier;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Land in Uganda belongs to the citizens of Uganda and shall vest in them in accordance with the land tenure systems provided for in this Constitution.
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3. Land in Uganda shall be owned in accordance with the following land tenure systems-
a. customary;
b. freehold;
c. mailo; and
d. leasehold.
4. On the coming into force of this Constitution-
a. all Uganda citizens owning land under customary tenure may acquire certificates of ownership in a manner prescribed by Parliament; and
b. land under customary tenure may be converted to freehold land ownership by registration.
5. Any lease which was granted to a Uganda citizen out of public land may be converted into freehold in accordance with a law which shall be made by Parliament.
6. For the purposes of clause (5) of this article, "public land" includes statutory leases to urban authorities.
7. Parliament shall make laws to enable urban authorities to enforce and to implement planning and development.
8. Upon the coming into force of this Constitution and until Parliament enacts an appropriate law under clause (9) of this article, the lawful or bona fide occupants of mailo land, freehold or leasehold land shall enjoy security of occupancy on the land.
9. Within two years after the first sitting of Parliament elected under this Constitution, Parliament shall enact a law-
a. regulating the relationship between the lawful or bona fide occupants of land referred to in clause (8) of this article and the registered owners of that land;
b. providing for the acquisition of registrable interest in the land by the occupant. (Art. 237)