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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishThe State recognizes, protects and guarantees individual and communitarian or collective property of land, as long as it fulfills a social purpose or social economic purposes, as the case may be. (Art. 393)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce, protege y garantiza la propiedad individual y comunitaria o colectiva de la tierra, en tanto cumpla una función social o una función económica social, según corresponda. (Art. 393)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
France
- EnglishSince the right to Property is inviolable and sacred, no one may be deprived thereof,
… (1789 Declaration, Art. 17) - FrenchLa propriété étant un droit inviolable et sacré, nul ne peut en être privé,
… (Déclaration 1789, Art. 17)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Equatorial Guinea
- EnglishApart from those cases expressly provided for in other Articles of this Fundamental Law, the following are matters reserved to the law:
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c) … the estate and capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes and inheritance.
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k) The regime of the freedoms of persons, of property, of concessions, of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations.
… (Art. 69) - SpanishAparte de los casos expresamente previstos en otros artículos de esta Ley Fundamental, son materias reservadas a la ley las siguientes:
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c) … el estado y la capacidad de las personas, los regimens matrimoniales y las sucesiones.
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k) El régimen de las libertades de las personas, de la propiedad, de las concesiones, de los derechos reales y de las obligaciones civiles y comerciales.
… (Art. 69) - FrenchOutre les cas expressément prévus dans d'autres articles de cette Loi fondamentale, les matières suivantes relèvent du domaine de la loi:
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c) ... l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux et les successions.
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k) Le régime des libertés des personnes, de la propriété, des concessions, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales.
… (Art. 69)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Canada
- EnglishThe guarantee in this Charter10 of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from any aboriginal, treaty or other rights or freedoms that pertain to the aboriginal peoples of Canada including
(a) any rights or freedoms that have been recognized by the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763; and
(b) any rights or freedoms that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired. (Constitution Act 1982, Sec. 25) - FrenchLe fait que la présente charte garantit certains droits et libertés ne porte pas atteinte aux droits ou libertés — ancestraux, issus de traités ou autres — des peoples autochtones du Canada, notamment:
a) aux droits ou libertés reconnus par la proclamation royale du 7 octobre 1763;
b) aux droits ou libertés existants issus d’accords sur des revendications territoriales ou ceux susceptibles d’être ainsi acquis. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, Sec. 25)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Lithuania
- EnglishThe economy of Lithuania shall be based on the right of private ownership, freedom of individual economic activity, and economic initiative.
... (Art. 46) - LithuanianLietuvos ūkis grindžiamas privačios nuosavybės teise, asmens ūkinės veiklos laisve ir iniciatyva.
... (46 straipsnis)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Guinea
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed. … (Art. 13)
- FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti. … (Art. 13)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
India
- 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
Ecuador
- EnglishIndigenous communes, communities, peoples and nations are recognized and guaranteed, in conformity with the Constitution and human rights agreements, conventions, declarations and other international instruments, the following collective rights:
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4. To keep ownership, without subject to a statute of limitations, of their community lands, which shall be unalienable, immune from seizure and indivisible. These lands shall be exempt from paying fees or taxes.
5. To keep ownership of ancestral lands and territories and to obtain free awarding of these lands.
6. To participate in the use, usufruct, administration and conservation of natural renewable resources located on their lands.
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The territories of the peoples living in voluntary isolation are an irreducible and intangible ancestral possession and all forms of extractive activities shall be forbidden there. The State shall adopt measures to guarantee their lives, enforce respect for self-determination and the will to remain in isolation and to ensure observance of their rights. The violation of these rights shall constitute a crime of ethnocide, which shall be classified as such by law.
The State shall guarantee the enforcement of these collective rights without any discrimination, in conditions of equality and equity between men and women. (Art. 57) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las comunas, comunidades, pueblos y nacionalidades indígenas, de conformidad con la Constitución y con los pactos, convenios, declaraciones y demás instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, los siguientes derechos colectivos:
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4. Conservar la propiedad imprescriptible de sus tierras comunitarias, que serán inalienables, inembargables e indivisibles. Estas tierras estarán exentas del pago de tasas e impuestos.
5. Mantener la posesión de las tierras y territorios ancestrales y obtener su adjudicación gratuita.
6. Participar en el uso, usufructo, administración y conservación de los recursos naturales renovables que se hallen en sus tierras.
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Los territorios de los pueblos en aislamiento voluntario son de posesión ancestral irreductible e intangible, y en ellos estará vedada todo tipo de actividad extractiva. El Estado adoptará medidas para garantizar sus vidas, hacer respetar su autodeterminación y voluntad de permanecer en aislamiento, y precautelar la observancia de sus derechos. La violación de estos derechos constituirá delito de etnocidio, que será tipificado por la ley.
El Estado garantizará la aplicación de estos derechos colectivos sin discriminación alguna, en condiciones de igualdad y equidad entre mujeres y hombres. (Art. 57)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Portugal
- EnglishWithout prejudice to the right of ownership and as laid down by law, the state shall promote the resizing of farming units that are smaller than that which is suitable from the point of view of the agricultural policy objectives, particularly by means of legal, fiscal and credit incentives for their structural or merely economic integration, particularly in a cooperative form, or by measures designed to join parcels of land together. (Art. 95)
- PortugueseSem prejuízo do direito de propriedade, o Estado promoverá, nos termos da lei, o redimensionamento das unidades de exploração agrícola com dimensão inferior à adequada do ponto de vista dos objectivos da política agrícola, nomeadamente através de incentivos jurídicos, fiscais e creditícios à sua integração estrutural ou meramente económica, designadamente cooperativa, ou por recurso a medidas de emparcelamento. (Art. 95)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Liberia
- Englisha. All persons are born equally free and independent and have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights, among which are the right of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of pursuing and maintaining and security of the person and of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, subject to such qualifications as provided for in this Constitution.
… (Art. 11)