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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Russian Federation
- English1. Land and other natural resources shall be utilized and protected in the Russian Federation as the basis of the life and activity of the peoples living on the territories concerned.
2. Land and other natural resources may be subject to private, State, municipal and other forms of ownership. (Art. 9) - Russian1. Земля и другие природные ресурсы используются и охраняются в Российской Федерации как основа жизни и деятельности народов, проживающих на соответствующей территории.
2. Земля и другие природные ресурсы могут находиться в частной, государственной, муниципальной и иных формах собственности. (Статья 9)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Uganda
- 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
Armenia
- 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
Lebanon
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F. The economic system is free, guaranteeing individual initiative and private ownership.
… (Preamble) - Arabic...
و. النظام الاقتصادي حر يكفل المبادرة الفردية و الملكية الخاصة
... ( التوطئة)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Fiji
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF FIJI,
RECOGNISING the indigenous people or the iTaukei, their ownership of iTaukei lands, their unique culture, customs, traditions and language;
RECOGNISING the indigenous people or the Rotuman from the island of Rotuma, their ownership of Rotuman lands, their unique culture, customs, traditions and language;
… (Preamble) - iTaukeiO KEIMAMI NA LEWEI VITI,
ROKOVA na itaukei ni vanua se kawa itaukei, na nodra taukena na kedra qele, na nodra itovo, ivakarau kei na vosa;
ROKOVA na itaukei ni vanua o Rotuma, mai na yanuyanu o Rotuma, na nodra taukena na kedra qele, nodra itovo, ivakarau kei na vosa;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Antigua and Barbuda
- EnglishWHEREAS the People of Antigua and Barbuda-
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e. desire to establish a framework of supreme law within which to guarantee their inalienable human rights and freedoms, among them, the rights to liberty, property, security and legal redress of grievances ... subject only to the public interest:
… (Preamble)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
China
- EnglishLand in the cities is owned by the state.
Land in the rural and suburban areas is owned by collectives except for those portions which belong to the state in accordance with the law; house sites and private plots of cropland and hilly land are also owned by collectives.
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No organization or individual may appropriate, buy, sell or otherwise engage in the transfer of land by unlawful means. The right to the use of land may be transferred according to law.
All organizations and individuals who use land must make rational use of the land. (Art. 10) - Chinese城市的土地属于国家所有。
农村和城市郊区的土地,除由法律规定属于国家所有的以外,属于集体所有;宅基地和自留地、自留山,也属于集体所有。
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任何组织或者个人不得侵占、买卖或者以其他形式非法转让土地。土地的使用权可以依照法律的规定转让。
一切使用土地的组织和个人必须合理地利用土地。(第十条)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Myanmar
- EnglishThe Union shall protect the privacy and security of home, property, correspondence and other communications of citizens under the law subject to the provisions of this Constitution. (Sec. 357)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့် မဆန့်ကျင်လျှင် နိုင်ငံတော်သည် နိုင်ငံသား များ၏ နေအိမ်ဥပစာလုံခြုံမှု၊ ပစ္စည်းလုံခြုံမှု၊ စာပေးစာယူနှင့် အခြားဆက်သွယ်ရေးဆိုင်ရာ လုံခြုံမှု များအတွက် ဥပဒေအရ ကာကွယ်ပေးရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၇)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Papua New Guinea
- English(1) Only citizens other than citizens who have dual citizenship may-
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(b) acquire freehold land.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishThe State recognizes, protects and guarantees individual and communitarian or collective property of land, as long as it fulfills a social purpose or social economic purposes, as the case may be. (Art. 393)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce, protege y garantiza la propiedad individual y comunitaria o colectiva de la tierra, en tanto cumpla una función social o una función económica social, según corresponda. (Art. 393)