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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Peru
- English
The right of property is inviolable. The State guarantees it. It is exercised in harmony with the common good and within the limits of the law. … (Art. 70)
- Spanish
El derecho de propiedad es inviolable. El Estado lo garantiza. Se ejerce en armonía con el bien común y dentro de los límites de ley. … (Art. 70)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Lebanon
- English…
F. The economic system is free, guaranteeing individual initiative and private ownership.
… (Preamble) - Arabic...
و. النظام الاقتصادي حر يكفل المبادرة الفردية و الملكية الخاصة
... ( التوطئة)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Fiji
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF FIJI,
RECOGNISING the indigenous people or the iTaukei, their ownership of iTaukei lands, their unique culture, customs, traditions and language;
RECOGNISING the indigenous people or the Rotuman from the island of Rotuma, their ownership of Rotuman lands, their unique culture, customs, traditions and language;
… (Preamble) - iTaukeiO KEIMAMI NA LEWEI VITI,
ROKOVA na itaukei ni vanua se kawa itaukei, na nodra taukena na kedra qele, na nodra itovo, ivakarau kei na vosa;
ROKOVA na itaukei ni vanua o Rotuma, mai na yanuyanu o Rotuma, na nodra taukena na kedra qele, nodra itovo, ivakarau kei na vosa;
… (Ikau)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Tanzania, United Republic of
- English(1) Every person is entitled to own property, and has a right to the protection of his property held in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 24)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Uruguay
- EnglishThe establishment of primogenital entailments is prohibited. … (Art. 9)
- SpanishSe prohíbe la fundación de mayorazgos. … (Art. 9)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union shall protect the privacy and security of home, property, correspondence and other communications of citizens under the law subject to the provisions of this Constitution. (Sec. 357)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့် မဆန့်ကျင်လျှင် နိုင်ငံတော်သည် နိုင်ငံသား များ၏ နေအိမ်ဥပစာလုံခြုံမှု၊ ပစ္စည်းလုံခြုံမှု၊ စာပေးစာယူနှင့် အခြားဆက်သွယ်ရေးဆိုင်ရာ လုံခြုံမှု များအတွက် ဥပဒေအရ ကာကွယ်ပေးရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၇)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Papua New Guinea
- English(1) Only citizens other than citizens who have dual citizenship may-
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(b) acquire freehold land.
… (Sec. 56)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Zimbabwe
- English…
(2) The principles of good governance, which bind the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level, include—
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(j) the equitable sharing of national resources, including land;
… (Sec. 3)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Bahrain
- English…
d. Inheritance is a guaranteed right governed by the Islamic Shari’a. (Art. 5) - Arabic…
د - الميراث حق مكفول تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية. (المادّة 5)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Pakistan
- English(1) Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) may by law--
(a) prescribe the maximum limits as to property or any class thereof which may be owned, held, possessed or controlled by any person;
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(2) Any law which permits a person to own beneficially or possess beneficially an area of land greater than that which, immediately before the commencing day, he could have lawfully owned beneficially or possessed beneficially shall be invalid. (Art. 253) - Urdu(۱) مجلس شوریٰ (پارلیمنٹ) بذریعہ قانون --
(الف) ایسی جائیداد یا اس کی کسی قسم کے بارے میں جو کوئی شخص ملکیت،تصرف،قبضہ یا نگرانی میں رکھ سکے گا انتہائی تحدیدات مقررکر سکے گی؛
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(٢) کوئی قانون جو کسی شخص کو اس رقبہ اراضی سے زیادہ اراضی کی منفعتی ملکیت یا منفعتی قبضہ کی اجازت دے جو وہ یوم آغاز سے عین قبل جائز طور پر منفعتی ملکیت میں رکھ سکتا تھا یا قبضہ میں لا سکتا تھا، کالعدم ہو گا۔(آرٹیکل ۲۵۳)