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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- 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
- EnglishNotwithstanding anything in this Constitution,—
(a) no Act of Parliament in respect of—
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(iv) ownership and transfer of land,
shall apply to the State of Mizoram unless the Legislative Assembly of the State of Mizoram by a resolution so decides:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any Central Act inforce in the Union territory of Mizoram immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Fifty-third Amendment) Act, 1986;
… (Art. 371G) - Hindiइस संविधान में किसी बात के होते हुए भी,—
(क) निम्नलिखित के संबंध में संसद का कोई अधिनियम—
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(iv) भूमि का स्वामित्व और अंतरण,
मिजोरम राज्य को तब तक लागू नहीं होगा जब तक मिजोरम राज्य की विधान सभा संकल्प द्वारा ऐसा विनिश्चय नहीं करती है:
परंतु इस खंड की कोई बात, संविधान (तिरपनवाँ संशोधन) अधिनियम, 1986 के प्रारंभ से ठीक पहले मिजोरम संघ राज्यक्षेत्र में प्रवृत्त किसी केंद्रीय अधिनियम को लागू नहीं होगी;
… (अनुच्छेद 371छ)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Everyone is guaranteed the right to private property and to the transmission thereof in life or upon death, in accordance with the Constitution.
... (Art. 62) - Portuguese1. A todos é garantido o direito à propriedade privada e à sua transmissão em vida ou por morte, nos termos da Constituição.
... (Art. 62)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- 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
- 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)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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3. Parliament shall have the right to issue laws that regulate the most important public relations and establish fundamental principles and standards relating to:
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2) the system of ownership and other real property rights;
… (Art. 61) - Kazak…
3. Парламент аса маңызды қоғамдық қатынастарды реттейтiн, мыналарға:
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2) меншiк режимiне және өзге де мүлiктiк құқықтарға;
...(61-бап)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishUtilisation and management of agricultural land, forest land and municipal building land on private assets shall be permitted.
... (Art. 88) - Serbian CyrillicКоришћење и располагање пољопривредним земљиштем, шумским земљиштем и градским грађевинским земљиштем у приватној својини, је слободно.
… (Члан 88)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The Republic of Senegal guarantees to all citizens the fundamental individual freedoms, the economic and social rights as well as the collective rights. These freedoms and rights are notably:
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- the right to property,
... (Art. 8) - French
La République du Sénégal garantit à tous les citoyens les libertés individuelles fondamentales, les droits économiques et sociaux ainsi que les droits collectifs. Ces libertés et droits sont notamment :
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- le droit de propriété,
... (Art. 8)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
Every person has the right:
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16. To ownership and inheritance.
… (Art. 2) - Spanish
Toda persona tiene derecho:
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16. A la propiedad y a la herencia.
… (Art. 2)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(5) Article 89 shall not apply to the State of Sabah or Sarawak, and Article 8 shall not invalidate or prohibit any provision of State law in the State of Sabah or Sarawak for the reservation of land for natives of the State or for alienation to them, or for giving them preferential treatment as regards the alienation of land by the State.
(6) In this Article “native” means—
(a) in relation to Sarawak, a person who is a citizen and either belongs to one of the races specified in Clause (7) as indigenous to the State or is of mixed blood deriving exclusively from those races; and
(b) in relation to Sabah, a person who is a citizen, is the child or grandchild of a person of a race indigenous to Sabah, and was born (whether on or after Malaysia Day or not) either in Sabah or to a father domiciled in Sabah at the time of the birth.
(7) The races to be treated for the purposes of the definition of “native” in Clause (6) as indigenous to Sarawak are the Bukitans, Bisayahs, Dusuns, Sea Dayaks, Land Dayaks, Kadayans, Kalabits, Kayans, Kenyahs (including Sabups and Sipengs), Kajangs (including Sekapans, Kejamans, Lahanans, Punans, Tanjongs and Kanowits), Lugats, Lisums, Malays, Melanos, Muruts, Penans, Sians, Tagals, Tabuns and Ukits. (Art. 161A) - Malay…
(5) Perkara 89 tidaklah terpakai bagi Negeri Sabah atau Sarawak, dan Perkara 8 tidaklah menidaksahkan atau melarang apa-apa peruntukan undang-undang Negeri di Negeri Sabah atau Sarawak bagi merizabkan tanah bagi anak negeri Negeri itu atau bagi memberikan hakmilik kepada mereka, atau bagi memberikan layanan keutamaan kepada mereka berkenaan dengan pemberian hakmilik tanah oleh Negeri itu.
(6) Dalam Perkara ini “anak negeri” ertinya—
(a) berhubung dengan Sarawak, seseorang yang merupakan warganegara dan sama ada yang tergolong dalam salah satu daripada ras yang dinyatakan dalam Fasal (7) sebagai ras asli bagi Negeri itu atau yang berketurunan campuran yang berasal semata-mata daripada ras-ras itu; dan
(b) berhubung dengan Sabah, seseorang yang merupakan warganegara, ialah anak atau cucu kepada seorang daripada suatu ras asli bagi Sabah, dan telah lahir (sama ada atau tidak pada atau selepas Hari Malaysia) sama ada di Sabah atau dengan bapanya berdomisil di Sabah pada masa kelahiran itu.
(7) Ras-ras yang dikira sebagai ras asli bagi Sarawak bagi maksud takrif “anak negeri” dalam Fasal (6) ialah Bukitan, Bisayah, Dusun, Dayak, Dayak Laut, Dayak Darat, Kadayan, Kalabit, Kayan, Kenyah (termasuk Sabup dan Sipeng), Kajang (termasuk Sekapan, Kejaman, Lahanan, Punan, Tanjong dan Kanowit), Lugat, Lisum, Melayu, Melano, Murut, Penan, Sian, Tagal, Tabun dan Ukit. (Perkara 161A)