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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
- EnglishEveryone has the right to own and inherit property. … (Art. 35)
- TurkishHerkes, mülkiyet ve miras haklarına sahiptir. … (Madde 35)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Every person shall have the right to acquire or own property as regulated by law.
… (Art. 28)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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2° The status of the persons and of the assets:
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– matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
– regime of property, of the real rights and of the civil and commercial obligations;
… (Art. 164) - KirundiIbitegerezwa kuringanizwa n’amabwirizwa ni ibi :
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2° Ivyerekeye amabwirizwa agenga abantu n’ivyabo :
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– ivyerekeye amatungo y’ababiranye ingene aganzwa, gutorana n’ukugabira amatungo;
– ivyerekeye itunga bwite ry’umuntu, ayandi matungo, aboneka, ivyo umuntu asabwa mu masezerano y’amatungo n’ubudandaji.
… (Ingingo ya 164) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi :
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2° Le statut des personnes et des biens :
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- régimes matrimoniaux, successions et libéralités ;
- régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales.
… (Art. 164)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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
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(1) The Federation has powers of legislation and execution in the following matters:
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6. civil law affairs, including the rules relating to economic association but excluding regulations which render real property transactions, legal acquisition on death by individuals outside the circle of legal heirs not excepted, with aliens and transactions in built-up real property or such as is earmarked for development subject to restrictions by the administrative authorities;
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(2) In federal laws on the right of succession to undivided farm estate as well as in federal laws enacted in accordance with para 1 subpara 10 above province legislatures can be empowered to issue implementing provisions with respect to individual provisions which must be specifically designated. The provisions of Art. 15 para 6 shall apply accordingly to this provincial legislation. Execution of the implementing laws issued in such cases lies with the Federation, but the enabling ordinances, in so far as they relate to the implementing provisions of the provincial legislation, need foregoing agreement with the provincial government concerned.
… (Art. 10) - German
(1) Bundessache ist die Gesetzgebung und die Vollziehung in folgenden Angelegenheiten:
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6. Zivilrechtswesen einschließlich des wirtschaftlichen Assoziationswesens, jedoch mit Ausschluss von Regelungen, die den Grundstücksverkehr für Ausländer und den Verkehr mit bebauten oder zur Bebauung bestimmten Grundstücken verwaltungsbehördlichen Beschränkungen unterwerfen, einschließlich des Rechtserwerbes von Todes wegen durch Personen, die nicht zum Kreis der gesetzlichen Erben gehören;
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(2) In Bundesgesetzen über das bäuerliche Anerbenrecht sowie in den nach Abs. 1 Z 10 ergehenden Bundesgesetzen kann die Landesgesetzgebung ermächtigt werden, zu genau zu bezeichnenden einzelnen Bestimmungen Ausführungsbestimmungen zu erlassen. Für diese Landesgesetze sind die Bestimmungen des Art. 15 Abs. 6 sinngemäß anzuwenden. Die Vollziehung der in solchen Fällen ergehenden Ausführungsgesetze steht dem Bund zu, doch bedürfen die Durchführungsverordnungen, soweit sie sich auf die Ausführungsbestimmungen des Landesgesetzes beziehen, des vorherigen Einvernehmens mit der betreffenden Landesregierung.
… (Art. 10)
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)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The right of property is guaranteed to all.
… (Art. 11) - French
Le droit de propriété est garanti à tous.
… (Art. 11)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. All forms of property shall be recognized and equally protected in the Republic of Armenia.
… (Art. 10) - Armenian1. Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում ճանաչվում և հավասարապես պաշտպանվում են սեփականության բոլոր ձևերը:
… (Հոդված 10)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Concurrent legislative power shall extend to the following matters:
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18. urban real estate transactions, land law (except for laws regarding development fees),
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30. land distribution;
… (Art. 74) - German(1) Die konkurrierende Gesetzgebung erstreckt sich auf folgende Gebiete:
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18. den städtebaulichen Grundstücksverkehr, das Bodenrecht (ohne das Recht der Erschließungsbeiträge)
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30. die Bodenverteilung;
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