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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
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
- 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(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
- English
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
- English…
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:
...
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
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … inheritance ...
- the regime of property, … (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … les successions ...
- le régime de la propriété, ... (Art. 84)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed within the limits established by law. Lineal ascendants and descendants shall have preferential treatment in the tax laws. (Art. 48)
- SpanishEl derecho sucesorio queda garantido dentro de los límites que establezca la ley. La línea recta ascendente y la descendente tendrán un tratamiento preferencial en las leyes impositivas. (Art. 48)