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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Property is public or private.
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(5) Private property is inviolable, in accordance with the organic law. (Art. 136) - Romanian(1) Proprietatea este publică sau privată.
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(5) Proprietatea privată este inviolabilă, în condiţiile legii organice. (Art. 136)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWE, THE GUYANESE PEOPLE,
… proclaim this Constitution in order to:
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Celebrate our cultural and racial diversity and strengthen our unity by eliminating any and every form of discrimination;
Value the special place in our nation of the Indigenous Peoples and recognize their right as citizens to land and security and to their promulgation of policies for their communities;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The State protects and promotes all forms of property rights: State, collective, private domestic and foreign investment in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. (Art. 16)
- Lao
ລັດປົກປ້ອງ ແລະ ເສີມຂະຫຍາຍບັນດາຮູບການກໍາມະສິດຂອງລັດ, ຂອງລວມໝູ່, ເອກະເທດ, ເອກະຊົນພາຍໃນ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດທີ່ລົງທຶນຢູ່ ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະ ຊາຊົນລາວ. (ມາດຕາ 16)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishIt is hereby recognised and declared that in Mauritius there have existed and shall continue to exist without discrimination by reason of 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, each and all of the following human rights and fundamental freedoms
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c. the right of the individual to protection for the privacy of his home and other property
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishEveryone has the right to own, use and dispose of his or her property, and the results of his or her intellectual and creative activity.
The right of private property is acquired by the procedure determined by law.
In order to satisfy their needs, citizens may use the objects of the right of state and communal property in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 41) - UkrainianКожен має право володіти, користуватися і розпоряджатися своєю власністю, результатами своєї інтелектуальної, творчої діяльності.
Право приватної власності набувається в порядку, визначеному законом.
Громадяни для задоволення своїх потреб можуть користуватися об'єктами права державної та комунальної власності відповідно до закону.
... (Стаття 41)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe ownership of the lands and waters included within the boundaries of the national territory, corresponds originally in the Nation, which has had, and has, the right to transfer the dominion of these to private persons, thereby constituting private property.
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The capacity to acquire ownership [dominio] of the lands and waters of the Nation, will be governed by the following prescriptions:
I. Only Mexicans by birth or naturalization and Mexican companies have the right to acquire ownership of the lands, waters, and their appendages [accesiones], or to obtain concessions for the exploitation of mines or waters.
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VII. The juridical personality of the nuclei [núcleos] of ejido and communal population is recognized[,] and their ownership concerning the land used for human settlement as well as for productive activities is protected.
The law shall protect the integrity of the lands of the indigenous groups.
The law, in consideration of the respect for and the strengthening of the communal life of the ejidos and communities, shall protect the land for human settlement and will regulate the exploitation of lands, forests and waters of common use and the provision of actions of support necessary to elevate the standard of living of their inhabitants.
The law, with respect for the will of the ejidatarios and comuneros to adopt the conditions that are most advantageous to them in the exploitation of their productive resources, will regulate the exercise of the rights of the comuneros concerning the land and of each ejidatario over his parcel. Likewise it will establish the procedures through which the ejidatarios and comuneros may associate among themselves, with the State or with third parties and concede [otorgar] the use of their lands; and, concerning the ejidatarios, transmit their parcel rights among the members of the nucleus of inhabitants; equally it will establish the requirements and procedures in accordance with which the assembly of the ejido may grant to the ejidatario ownership of his parcel. In cases of alienation of parcels[,] the right of preference that the law provides for shall be respected.
Within the same nucleus of population, no ejidatario may be a title holder of more land than that equivalent to 5% of the total of the ejido lands. In any case, the titling of lands in favor of a single ejidatario must be adjusted to the limits specified in fraction XV.
… (Art. 27) - SpanishLa propiedad de las tierras y aguas comprendidas dentro de los límites del territorionacional, corresponde originariamente a la Nación, la cual ha tenido y tiene el derecho de transmitir eldominio de ellas a los particulares, constituyendo la propiedad privada.
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La capacidad para adquirir el dominio de las tierras y aguas de la Nación, se regirá por las siguientes prescripciones:
I. Sólo los mexicanos por nacimiento o por naturalización y las sociedades mexicanas tienen derecho para adquirir el dominio de las tierras, aguas y sus accesiones o para obtenerconcesiones de explotación de minas o aguas.
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VII. Se reconoce la personalidad jurídica de los núcleos de población ejidales y comunales y se protege su propiedad sobre la tierra, tanto para el asentamiento humano como para actividades productivas.
La ley protegerá la integridad de las tierras de los grupos indígenas.
La ley, considerando el respeto y fortalecimiento de la vida comunitaria de los ejidos y comunidades, protegerá la tierra para el asentamiento humano y regulará el aprovechamiento de tierras, bosques y aguas de uso común y la provisión de acciones de fomento necesarias para elevar el nivel de vida de sus pobladores.
La ley, con respeto a la voluntad de los ejidatarios y comuneros para adoptar las condiciones que más les convengan en el aprovechamiento de sus recursos productivos, regulará el ejercicio de los derechos de los comuneros sobre la tierra y de cada ejidatario sobre su parcela.
Asimismo establecerá los procedimientos por los cuales ejidatarios y comuneros podrán asociarse entre sí, con el Estado o con terceros y otorgar el uso de sus tierras; y, tratándose de ejidatarios, transmitir sus derechos parcelarios entre los miembros del núcleo de población; igualmente fijará los requisitos y procedimientos conforme a los cuales la asamblea ejidal otorgará al ejidatario el dominio sobre su parcela. En caso de enajenación de parcelas se respetará el derecho de preferencia que prevea la ley.
Dentro de un mismo núcleo de población, ningún ejidatario podrá ser titular de más tierra que la equivalente al 5% del total de las tierras ejidales. En todo caso, la titularidad de tierras en favor de un solo ejidatario deberá ajustarse a los límites señalados en la fracción XV.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(5) All offspring shall have the equal right to the ancestral property without discrimination on the ground of gender. (Art. 18) - Nepali…
(५) पैतृक सम्पत्तिमा लैंगिक भेदभाव विना सबै सन्तानको समान हक हुनेछ । (धारा १८)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The right of property [propriété] is guaranteed by this Constitution. ...
The man and the woman have the right to accede to the possession and to the ownership [propriété] of land within the conditions determined by the law. (Art. 15) - French
Le droit de propriété est garanti par la présente Constitution. …
L’homme et la femme ont également le droit d’accéder à la possession et à la propriété de la terre dans les conditions déterminées par la loi. (Art. 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) There shall be a Land and Titles Court comprising of:
(a) Land and Titles First Court;
(b) Land and Titles High Court; and
(c) Land and Titles Court of Appeal and Review,
and all appointments and with such jurisdiction in relation to matai title and customary lands provided in this 'Part IX Land and Titles Court' of the Constitution, or an Act of Parliament.
(2) The Courts in this Part IX Land and Titles Court has special jurisdiction, it governs a legal system different and separate from that of the Civil and Criminal Courts in Part VI; and has special individual jurisdiction over the subject of Samoan customs and usages in relation to matai titles and customary lands.
(3) All persons are entitled to the protection of their custom rights the subject of the jurisdiction of the courts in this Part. (Art. 104) - Samoan
(1) O le a i ai se Faamasinoga o Fanua ma Suafa e aofia ai:
(a) Faamasinoga Muamua o Fanua ma Suafa;
(b) Faamasinoga Maualuga o Fanua ma Suafa; ma le
(c) Faamasinoga o Talosaga ma Iloiloga o Fanua ma Suafa,
ma tofiga ma lana puleaga faatatau i mataupu e faasino i suafa matai ma eleele faa-le-aganuu ua aiaia i lenei 'Vaega IX Faamasinoga o Fanua ma Suafa' o le Faavae, po o se Tulafono a le Palemene.
(2) O Faamasinoga i lenei Vaega IX Faamasinoga o Fanua ma Suafa, e i ai puleaga faapitoa, na te puleaina se faiga faaletulafono ese ma e tu ese mai i Faamasinoga o Mataupu Tau le Va o Tagata ma Solitulafono o i ai i le Vaega VI; ma e i ai le puleaga toatasi faapitoa i mataupu tau i tu ma aganuu faa-Samoa ma Jo latou faaaogaina e faatatau i suafa matai ma eleele faa-le-aganuu.
(3) E agavaa tagata uma i le puipuiga o a latou aia tatau i aganuu faa-Samoa, o le mataupu autu o le puleaga a Faamasinoga i lenei Vaega. (Mataupu 104)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The stable union of a man and a woman, free of matrimonial impediment, that forms a de facto family, results in a community of assets subject to the regime of joint properties [sociedad de ganaciales] in that which is applicable. (Art. 5)
- Spanish
La unión estable de un varón y una mujer, libres de impedimento matrimonial, que forman un hogar de hecho, da lugar a una comunidad de bienes sujeta al régimen de la sociedad de gananciales en cuanto sea aplicable. (Art. 5)