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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe Union guarantees the right to ownership, the use of property and the right to private invention and patent in the conducting of business if it is not contrary to the provisions of this Constitution and the existing laws. (Sec. 372)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ တည်ဆဲဥပဒေများပါပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းကောင်း မဆန့်ကျင်စေဘဲ စီးပွားရေးကိစ္စများကို ဆောင်ရွက်ရာတွင် ပစ္စည်းပိုင်ဆိုင်ခွင့်၊ သုံးစွဲခွင့်နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်တီထွင်ခွင့်၊ မူပိုင်ခွင့်တို့ကို နိုင်ငံတော်က အာမခံသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၇၂)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) The Zimbabwe Land Commission has the following functions—
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(c) to make recommendations to the Government regarding—
(i) the acquisition of private land for public purposes;
(ii) equitable access to and holding and occupation of agricultural land, in particular—
A. the elimination of all forms of unfair discrimination, particularly gender discrimination;
B. the enforcement of any law restricting the amount of agricultural land that may be held by any person or household;
(iii) land usage and the size of agricultural land holdings;
(iv) the simplification of the acquisition and transfer of rights in land;
(v) systems of land tenure; and
(vi) fair compensation payable under any law for agricultural land and improvements that have been compulsorily acquired;
(vii) allocations and alienations of agricultural land;
… (Sec. 297)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) All land in Samoa is customary land, freehold land or public land.
(2) Customary land means land held from Samoa in accordance with Samoan custom and usage and with the law relating to Samoan custom and usage.
(3) Freehold land means land held from Samoa for an estate in fee simple.
… (Art. 101) - Samoan(1) O eleele uma i Samoa o eleele tau le aganuu, eleele umia saoloto (fanua na faatauina mai), po o eleele tau le Malo.
(2) O eleele tau le aganuu o lona uiga o eleele e umia mai ia Samoa e talafeagai ai ma aganuu faa-Samoa ma lo latou faaaogaina ma e tusa ai ma le tulafono e uiga i aganuu faa-Samoa ma lo latou faaaogaina.
(3) O eleele e umia saoloto o lona uiga o eleele e umia mai ia Samoa mo se fanua na faatauina mai.
… (Mataupu 101)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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Khmer citizens of both sexes shall respect public property and legally acquired private property. (Art. 50) - Khmer...
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទត្រូវគោរពទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ សាធារណៈ និងកម្មសិទ្ធិស្របច្បាប់របស់ឯកជន។ (មាត្រា ៥០)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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3. Private property, both real estate and movable assets, shall be protected
… (Art. 21) - Arabic
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3- الملكية الخاصة مصونة،
... (المادّة 21)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishI. Everyone has the right to private, individual or collective property, provided that it serves a social function.
II. Private property is guaranteed provided that the use made of it is not harmful to the collective interests.
III. The right to inheritance is guaranteed. (Art. 56) - SpanishI. Toda persona tiene derecho a la propiedad privada individual o colectiva, siempre que ésta cumpla una función social.
II. Se garantiza la propiedad privada siempre que el uso que se haga de ella no sea perjudicial al interés colectivo.
III. Se garantiza el derecho a la sucesión hereditaria. (Art. 56)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) In this section, discrimination refers to the treatment of different people in different ways wholly or mainly because of their different
(a) races; or
(b) places of origin; or
(c) political opinions; or
(d) colours; or
(e) religious beliefs or lack of religious beliefs, or
(f) disability; or
(g) sex
in such a way that one such person is for some such reason given more favourable treatment or less favourable treatment than another such person.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, and in particular to —
(a) the succeeding provisions of this section; and
(b) section 29 (Protection of Tuvaluan values, etc.); and
(c) section 31 (disciplined forces of Tuvalu); and
(d) section 32 (foreign disciplined forces); and
(e) section 33 (hostile disciplined forces); and
(f) section 36 (restrictions on certain rights and freedoms during public emergencies),
no-one shall be treated in a discriminatory manner.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a law so far as it makes provision –
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(e) in relation to land;
… (Sec. 27)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishCollective and individual private ownership shall be protected … (Art. 15)
- Arabicالملكيّة الخاصّة من جماعية وفردية، مصانة ... (المادّة 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishIt shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces; and for greater Certainty, but not so as to restrict the Generality of the foregoing Terms of this Section, it is hereby declared that (notwithstanding anything in this Act) the exclusive Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated; that is to say,
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24. Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians.
… (Constitution Act 1867, Sec. 91) - FrenchIl sera loisible à la Reine, de l’avis et du consentement du Sénat et de la Chambre des Communes, de faire des lois pour la paix, l’ordre et le bon gouvernement du Canada, relativement à toutes les matières ne tombant pas dans les categories de sujets par la présente loi exclusivement assignés aux législatures des provinces; mais, pour plus de garantie, sans toutefois restreindre la généralité des termes ci-haut employés dans le présent article, il est par la présente déclaré que (nonobstant toute disposition contraire énoncée dans la présente loi) l’autorité legislative exclusive du parlement du Canada s’étend à toutes les matières tombant dans les catégories de sujets ci-dessous énumérés, savoir:
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24. Les Indiens et les terres réservées pour les Indiens.
… (Loi constitutionnelle de 1867, Sec. 91)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. All land originally belongs to the state and forms part of its private domain, with the aim of conceding and protecting the land rights of individuals or corporate bodies and rural communities, under the terms of the Constitution and the law and without compromise to the provision contained in Point 3 of this Article.
2. The state shall recognise and guarantee the right to private ownership of land, constituted under the terms of the law.
3. The state shall only grant private ownership of land and its transmission to national citizens, under the terms of the law. (Art. 98) - Portuguese1. A terra é propriedade originária do Estado e integra o seu domínio privado, com vista à concessão e protecção de direitos fundiários a pessoas singulares ou colectivas e a comunidades rurais, nos termos da Constituição e da lei, sem prejuízo do disposto no n.º 3 do presente artigo.
2. O Estado reconhece e garante o direito de propriedade privada sobre a terra, constituído nos termos da lei.
3. A concessão pelo Estado de propriedade fundiária privada, bem como a sua transmissão, apenas são permitidas a cidadãos nacionais, nos termos da lei. (Art. 98)