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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Kenya
- English...
(4) The provisions of this Chapter12 on equality shall be qualified to the extent strictly necessary for the application of Muslim law before the Kadhis’ courts, to persons who profess the Muslim religion, in matters relating to personal status, marriage, divorce and inheritance.
… (Art. 24) - Swahili...
(4) Vifungu katika Sura hii kwa usawa vitatumika kwa kiwango ambacho ni lazima kabisa kutumia sharia ya Kiislamu mbele ya mahakama za Kadhi, kwa watu ambao ni waumini wa dini ya Kiisilamu, katika maswala yanayohusu hadhi binafsi, ndoa, talaka na urithi.
… (Kifungu cha 24)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee equal rights and equal opportunity to men and women in access to property and decision-making in the management of their common marital estate. (Art. 324)
- SpanishEl Estado garantizará la igualdad de derechos y oportunidades de mujeres y hombres en el acceso a la propiedad y en la toma de decisiones para la administración de la sociedad conyugal. (Art. 324)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Viet Nam
- English1. Land is a special national resource and an important resource for national development, and is managed in accordance with law.
2. The State shall allocate or lease land to, and recognize land use rights of, organizations and individuals. Land users may transfer land use rights, exercise their rights, and perform their obligations in accordance with law. Land use rights shall be protected by law.
… (Art. 54) - Vietnamese1. Đất đai là tài nguyên đặc biệt của quốc gia, nguồn lực quan trọng phát triển đất nước, được quản lý theo pháp luật.
2. Tổ chức, cá nhân được Nhà nước giao đất, cho thuê đất, công nhận quyền sử dụng đất. Người sử dụng đất được chuyển quyền sử dụng đất, thực hiện các quyền và nghĩa vụ theo quy định của luật. Quyền sử dụng đất được pháp luật bảo hộ.
… (Điều 54)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Chad
- EnglishPrivate property is inviolable and sacred.
… (Art. 45) - Arabicالملكية الخاصة مصونة ومقدسة.
... (المادة 45) - FrenchLa propriété privée est inviolable et sacrée.
… (Art. 45)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Madagascar
- English… All individuals have the right to found a family and to transmit by inheritance their personal assets. (Art. 20)
- French… Tout individu a le droit de fonder une famille et de transmettre en héritage ses biens personnels. (Art. 20)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Guyana
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of this article -
(a) no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect; and
(b) no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performance of the functions of any public office or any public authority.
(2) In this article the expression ‘discriminatory’ means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their or their parents’ or guardians’ respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, creed, age, disability, marital status, sex, gender, language, birth, social class, pregnancy, religion, conscience, belief or culture whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which other persons of the same or another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not afforded to persons of another such description.
(3) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision -
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(b) with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
… (Art. 149)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Denmark
- EnglishNo fiefs, estates tail in land, or estates tail in personal property or family estates shall be created in future. (Sec. 84)
- DanishIntet len, stamhus, fideikommisgods eller andet familiefideikommis kan for fremtiden oprettes. (§ 84)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Egypt
- EnglishAgriculture is a basic component of the economy.
The State shall protect and expand agricultural land, and shall criminalize encroachments thereon. …
The State shall also allocate a percentage of reclaimed lands to small farmers and youth graduates, and protect farmers and agricultural workers against exploitation. All the foregoing shall be as regulated by Law. (Art. 29) - Arabicالزّراعة مقوم أساسي للاقتصاد الوطني.
وتلتزم الدولة بحماية الرقعة الزراعية وزيادتها، وتجريم الاعتداء عليها، ...
كما تلتزم الدولة بتخصيص نسبة من الأراضي المستصلحة لصغار الفلاحين وشباب الخريجين، وحماية الفلاح والعامل الزراعى من الاستغلال، وذلك كله على النحو الذي ينظمه القانون. (المادّة 29)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Morocco
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law, other than the matters that are expressly devolved on it by other Articles of the Constitution:
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• real rights and the regimes of public, private and collective real property;
… (Art. 71) - Arabicيختص القانون، بالإضافة إلى المواد المسندة إليه صراحة بفصول أخرى من الدستور، بالتشريع في الميادين التالية:
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• الحقوق العينية وأنظمة الملكية العقارية العمومية والخاصة والجماعية،
... (الفصل 71)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Nicaragua
- English
The right of private ownership [propiedad] of movable and immovable assets [bienes], and of the instruments and means of production[,] is guaranteed.
... (Art. 44) - Spanish
Se garantiza el derecho de propiedad privada de los bienes muebles e inmuebles y de los instrumentos y medios de producción.
… (Art. 44)