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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed. (Art. 20)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWhereas every person in Nauru is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, has the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following freedoms, namely:-
(a) …, the enjoyment of property and the protection of the law;
… (Art. 3)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishIn granting titles for the use and enjoyment of land, the State shall recognise and protect rights acquired through inheritance or by occupation, unless there is a legal reservation or the land has been lawfully granted to another person or entity. (Art. 111)
- PortugueseNa titularização do direito de uso e aproveitamento da terra, o Estado reconhece e protege os direitos adquiridos por herança ou ocupação, salvo havendo reserva legal ou se a terra tiver sido legalmente atribuída à outra pessoa ou entidade. (Art. 111)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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– Private property shall be protected. No one shall be prohibited from disposing of their property except within the limits of the law, ...
– Inheritance is a guaranteed right, governed by Islamic Sharia.
... (Art. 14) - Arabic
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– الملكية الخاصة مصونة، فلا يمنع أحد من التصرف في ملكه إلا في حدود القانون، ...
– الميراث حق مكفول، تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية.
… (المادّة ١٤)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The Agrarian Reform is the fundamental instrument for the democratization of ownership [propiedad] and the just distribution of the land; it is a means that constitutes an essential part for the global promotion and strategy of the ecological reconstruction and the sustainable economic development of the country. The Agrarian Reform shall take into account the socially necessary land-man relation; also[,] ownerships are guaranteed to the peasants [campesinos] benefiting from it, in accordance with the law. (Art. 106)
- Spanish
La Reforma agraria es instrumento fundamental para la democratización de la propiedad y la justa distribución de la tierra y es un medio que constituye parte esencial para la promoción y estrategia global de la reconstrucción ecológica y el desarrollo económico sostenible del país. La Reforma agraria tendrá en cuenta la relación tierra hombre socialmente necesaria; también se garantiza las propiedades a los campesinos beneficiarios de la misma de acuerdo con la ley. (Art. 106)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishTongan male subjects by birth of or over the age of 16 years may be granted town allotments and tax allotments out of estates granted in pursuance of this Constitution with the consent of or upon consultation with the estate holder and out of the lands of the Crown, by the Minister of Lands. Such allotments shall be hereditary and shall be of such size and at an annual rent as may be determined by law. A widow shall have the right to succeed according to law, to her deceased husband's tax and town allotments. (Clause 113)
- TonganKo e kakai tangata kuo fa‘ele‘i ko e Tonga ‘oku pe laka hake ‘i he 16 honau ta‘u motu‘a ‘e ngofua ke foaki atu ke nau ma‘u ‘api kolo mo ‘api tukuhau mei he ngaahi tofi‘a kuo foaki ‘o fakatatau mo e Konisitutone ‘i he loto ki ai pe ‘i ha feongoongoi mo e ma‘u tofi‘a pea mei he ngaahi tofi‘a ‘o e Pule‘anga, ‘e he Minisita Fonua. Kuo pau ke tukufakaholo ‘a e ngaahi ‘api koia pea ko e me‘a ki hono lahi mo e lisi fakata‘u kuo pau ke tu‘utu‘uni ki ai ‘a e lao. Kuo pau ke ma‘u ‘e he uitou fakatatau ki he lao ‘a e totonu ke ne ma‘u ‘a e ‘api tukuhau mo e ‘api kolo ‘o hono mali kuo pekia. (Kupu 113)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Every person has a right to property and for the purpose of this article this right includes the right to acquire, own peacefully enjoy and dispose of property either individually or in association with others.
… (Art. 26)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee the freedom and inviolability of private property. … (Basic Law, Art. 18)
- Arabicتكفل الدولة حرّية الملكيّة الخاصّة وحرمته. ... (النظام الأساسي، المادة 18)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The Rural and the Native communities have legal existence and are juridical persons.
They are autonomous in their organization, in the communal work and in the use and free disposition of their lands, as well as in economic and administrative [matters], within the framework that the law establishes. The ownership of their lands is imprescriptible, except in the case of abandonment provided for in the preceding Article. … (Art. 89) - Spanish
Las Comunidades Campesinas y las Nativas tienen existencia legal y son personas jurídicas.
Son autónomas en su organización, en el trabajo comunal y en el uso y la libre disposición de sus tierras, así como en lo económico y administrativo, dentro del marco que la ley establece. La propiedad de sus tierras es imprescriptible, salvo en el caso de abandono previsto en el artículo anterior.
… (Art. 89)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The Parliament legislates within the domains attributed to it by the Constitution, as well as the following domains:
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2. the general rules concerning personal status and to family law; and notably to marriage, to divorce, to filiation, to capacity and to inheritance;
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9. the regime of civil obligations, commercial [obligations] and of property;
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22. the general regime of forests and pasture lands;
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25. the real estate regime;
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28. the rules of the transfer of property of the public sector to the private sector;
… (Art. 139) - Arabic
يُشرّع البرلمان في الميادين الّتي يخصّصها له الدّستور، وكذلك في المجالات الآتية:
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2. القـواعد العامة المتعلّقة بالأحوال الشّخصيّة والأسرة، لا سيما منه ا الزّواج والطّلاق والنسب والأهلية والتّركات،
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9. نظام الالتزامات المدنيّة والتّجاريّة ونظام الملكيّة
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22. النّظام العامّ للغابات والأراضي الرّعويّة،
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25. النّظام العقاريّ
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28. قواعد نقل الملكيّة من القطاع العامّ إلى القطاع الخاصّ،
... (المادة 139) - French
Le Parlement légifère dans les domaines que lui attribue la Constitution, ainsi que dans les domaines suivants:
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2)- les règles générales relatives au statut personnel et au droit de la famille ; notamment au mariage, au divorce, à la filiation, à la capacité et aux successions;
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9)- le régime des obligations civiles, commerciales et de la propriété;
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22)- le régime général des forêts et des terres pastorales;
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25)- le régime foncier;
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28)- les règles de transfert de propriété du secteur public au secteur privé;
... (Art. 139)