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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State shall apply the principles of agrarian reform or stewardship, whenever applicable in accordance with law, in the disposition or utilization of other natural resources, including lands of the public domain under lease or concession suitable to agriculture, subject to prior rights, homestead rights of small settlers, and the rights of indigenous communities to their ancestral lands.
The State may resettle landless farmers and farmworkers in its own agricultural estates which shall be distributed to them in the manner provided by law. (Art. XIII, Sec. 6) - FilipinoDapat ipatupad ng Estado ang mga simulain ng repormang pansakahan o stewardship kailanma't mapapairal nang naaalinsunod sa batas sa pamamahagi o paggamit ng iba pang mga likas na kayamanan, kasama ang mga lupaing pambayan na angkop sa pagsasaka sa ilalim ng pamumuwisan o konsesyon, batay sa mga nananahanan, at mga karapatan mga katutubong mga pamayanan sa kanilang minanang lupain.
Maaaring ipanahanan ng Estado ang mga magsasakang walang lupa at mga manggagawa sa bukid sa sarili nitong mga lupaing pansakahan na ipamahagi sa kanila sa paraang itinakda ng batas. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 6)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Notwithstanding Articles 73 and 74 the Government may buy land from custom owners for the purpose of transferring ownership of it to indigenous citizens or indigenous communities from over-populated islands.
2. When redistributing land in accordance with subarticle (1), the Government shall give priority to ethnic, linguistic, customary and geographical ties. (Art. 81) - French1) Nonobstant les dispositions des articles 73 et 74, le gouvernement peut acheter des terres aux propriétaires coutumiers dans le but d'en transférer la propriété aux citoyens indigènes ou à des collectivités indigènes originaires d'îles surpeuplées.
2) Pour la redistribution des terres effectuée en application du paragraphe 1), le gouvernement tient compte en priorité des facteurs ethniques, linguistiques, coutumiers et géographiques. (Art. 81)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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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)
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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)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State should provide measures or mechanisms to enable farmers to efficiently carry out agriculture which yields produce of high quantity and quality that is safe, low cost and competitive in the market, and should assist indigent farmers to have land for making a living through land reform or any other means. (Sec. 73)
- Thaiรัฐพึงจัดให้มีมาตรการหรือกลไกที่ช่วยให้เกษตรกรสามารถประกอบเกษตรกรรมได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ ได้ผลผลิตที่มีปริมาณและคุณภาพสูง มีความปลอดภัย โดยใช้ต้นทุนต่ำ และสามารถแข่งขันในตลาดได้ และพึงช่วยเหลือเกษตรกรผู้ยากไร้ให้มีที่ทํากินโดยการปฏิรูปที่ดินหรือวิธีอื่นใด (มาตรา ๗๓)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The right of property is guaranteed. It may not be exercised contrary to social utility or in a manner which results in prejudice to the security, to liberty, to existence or to the property of others.
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Le droit de propriété est garanti. Il ne saurait être exercé contrairement à l’utilité sociale ou de manière à porter préjudice à la sûreté, à la liberté, à l’existence ou à la propriété d’autrui.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed by the law. … (Art. 27)
- FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti par la loi. … (Art. 27)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of property is inviolable, but it is subject to laws enacted in the general interest. … (Art. 32)
- SpanishLa propiedad es un derecho inviolable, pero sujeto a lo que dispongan las leyes que se establecieren por razones de interés general. … (Art. 32)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed in accordance with Islamic tenets (Shari'ah). A special law will be issued accordingly. (Art. 23)
- Arabicحق الإرث مكفول وفقاً للشريعة الإسلامية ويصدر به قانون. (المادّة 23)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishOther than the matters that are assigned to it by the other articles of the Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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– … the state and capacity of persons, the law of the family, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 89) - Arabicغير المسائل التي تسندها إليه المواد الأخرى في الدستور، يرسي القانون القواعد المتعلقة بـ:
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- ... حالة وقدرة الأشخاص، حق الأسرة والإرث والهدايا؛
... (المادة 89) - FrenchOutre les matières qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, le droit de la famille, les successions et libéralités;
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