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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Cameroon
  • 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;
    … (Art. 26)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Sao Tome and Principe
  • English
    1. The right to private property and to its transfer in life or death shall be guaranteed to everyone, under the terms of the law.
    … (Art. 47)
  • Portuguese
    1. A todos é garantido o direito à propriedade privada e à sua transmissão em vida ou por morte, nos termos da lei.
    … (Art. 47)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Paraguay
  • English
    Agrarian reform is one of the fundamental factors to achieve rural well-being. It consists of the effective incorporation of the peasant [campesina] population to the economic and social development of the Nation. Equitable systems of distribution, property and tenancy of the land shall be adopted; … (Art. 114)
  • Spanish
    La reforma agraria es uno de los factores fundamentales para lograr el bienestar rural. Ella consiste en la incorporación efectiva de la población campesina al desarrollo económico y social de la Nación. Se adoptarán sistemas equitativos de distribución, propiedad y tenencia de la tierra; … (Art. 114)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • English
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    3. All persons within the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall enjoy the human rights and fundamental freedoms referred to in paragraph 2 above; these include:
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    k) The right to property.
    … (Art. II)
  • Bosnian
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    3. Sva lica na teritoriji Bosne i Hercegovine uživaju ljudska prava i slobode iz stava 2. ovog člana, što uključuje:
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    k) Pravo na imovinu.
    … (Član II)
  • Croatian
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    3. Sve osobe na teritoriju Bosne i Hercegovine uživaju ljudska prava i temeljne slobode iz ovog članka, stavak 2 što uključuje:
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    k) Pravo na imovinu.
    ... (Članak II)
  • Serbian
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    3. Сва лица на територији Босне и Херцеговине уживају људска права и основне слободе из става 2 овог члана, а она обухватају:
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    k) Право на имовину.
    … (Члан II)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • English
    Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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    5. … the status and capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and donations;
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    8. commerce, the regime of property rights, and of civil and commercial obligations;
    … (Art. 122)
  • French
    Sans préjudice des autres dispositions de la présente Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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    5. … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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    8. le commerce, le régime de la propriété des droits et des obligations civiles et commerciales;
    … (Art. 122)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Sudan
  • English
    (1) Every citizen shall have the right to acquisition and ownership by law.
    … (Art. 60)
  • Arabic
    1. لكل مواطن الحق في الحيازة او التملك وفقاً للقانون... (الماده 61)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Suriname
  • English
    1. Property, of the community as well as of the private person, shall fulfill a social function. Everyone has the right to undisturbed enjoyment of his property subject to the limitations which stem from the law.
    … (Art. 34)
  • Dutch
    1. Eigendom, zowel van de gemeenschap als van het individu, vervult een maatschappelijke functie. Een ieder heeft het recht op ongestoord genot van zijn eigendom behoudens de beperkingen die uit het recht voortvloeien.
    … (Art. 34)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Ireland
  • English
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    3 2° The State shall, in particular, by its laws protect as best it may from unjust attack and, in the case of injustice done, vindicate the life, person, good name, and property rights of every citizen.
    … (Art. 40)
  • Irish Gaelic
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    3 2° Déanfaidh an Stát, go sonrach, lena dhlíthe, beatha agus pearsa agus dea-chlú agus maoinchearta an uile shaoránaigh a chosaint ar ionsaí éagórach chomh fada lena chumas, agus iad a shuíomh i gcás éagóra.
    … (Airteagal 40)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Gabon
  • English

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    10) Every person, individually as well as collectively, has the right to property.
    … (Art. 1)

  • French

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    10°) Toute personne, aussi bien seule qu’en collectivité, a droit à la propriété.
    … (Art. 1)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Zambia
  • English
    The institution of chieftaincy—
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    b. has capacity to hold property in trust for its subjects. (Art. 166)