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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) The Federation has powers of legislation and execution in the following matters:
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6. civil law affairs, including the rules relating to economic association but excluding regulations which render real property transactions, legal acquisition on death by individuals outside the circle of legal heirs not excepted, with aliens and transactions in built-up real property or such as is earmarked for development subject to restrictions by the administrative authorities;
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(2) In federal laws on the right of succession to undivided farm estate as well as in federal laws enacted in accordance with para 1 subpara 10 above province legislatures can be empowered to issue implementing provisions with respect to individual provisions which must be specifically designated. The provisions of Art. 15 para 6 shall apply accordingly to this provincial legislation. Execution of the implementing laws issued in such cases lies with the Federation, but the enabling ordinances, in so far as they relate to the implementing provisions of the provincial legislation, need foregoing agreement with the provincial government concerned.
… (Art. 10) - German
(1) Bundessache ist die Gesetzgebung und die Vollziehung in folgenden Angelegenheiten:
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6. Zivilrechtswesen einschließlich des wirtschaftlichen Assoziationswesens, jedoch mit Ausschluss von Regelungen, die den Grundstücksverkehr für Ausländer und den Verkehr mit bebauten oder zur Bebauung bestimmten Grundstücken verwaltungsbehördlichen Beschränkungen unterwerfen, einschließlich des Rechtserwerbes von Todes wegen durch Personen, die nicht zum Kreis der gesetzlichen Erben gehören;
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(2) In Bundesgesetzen über das bäuerliche Anerbenrecht sowie in den nach Abs. 1 Z 10 ergehenden Bundesgesetzen kann die Landesgesetzgebung ermächtigt werden, zu genau zu bezeichnenden einzelnen Bestimmungen Ausführungsbestimmungen zu erlassen. Für diese Landesgesetze sind die Bestimmungen des Art. 15 Abs. 6 sinngemäß anzuwenden. Die Vollziehung der in solchen Fällen ergehenden Ausführungsgesetze steht dem Bund zu, doch bedürfen die Durchführungsverordnungen, soweit sie sich auf die Ausführungsbestimmungen des Landesgesetzes beziehen, des vorherigen Einvernehmens mit der betreffenden Landesregierung.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the state and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
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The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the regime of property,
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La loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités,
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- du régime de la propriété,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The right of property is guaranteed to all.
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Le droit de propriété est garanti à tous.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The State preferably supports agricultural development. It guarantees the right of ownership concerning land, in private or communal form or any other associative form. The law may establish the limits and the extent of the land according to the particularities of each zone. Abandoned lands, according to legal prevision, pass to the domain of the State for their adjudication and sale. (Art. 88)
- Spanish
El Estado apoya preferentemente el desarrollo agrario. Garantiza el derecho de propiedad sobre la tierra, en forma privada o comunal o en cualquiera otra forma asociativa. La ley puede fijar los límites y la extensión de la tierra según las peculiaridades de cada zona.
Las tierras abandonadas, según previsión legal, pasan al dominio del Estado para su adjudicación en venta. (Art. 88)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Concurrent legislative power shall extend to the following matters:
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18. urban real estate transactions, land law (except for laws regarding development fees),
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30. land distribution;
… (Art. 74) - German(1) Die konkurrierende Gesetzgebung erstreckt sich auf folgende Gebiete:
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18. den städtebaulichen Grundstücksverkehr, das Bodenrecht (ohne das Recht der Erschließungsbeiträge)
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30. die Bodenverteilung;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed by the law. … (Art. 27)
- FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti par la loi. … (Art. 27)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) A surviving spouse is entitled to a reasonable provision out of the estate of the other spouse whether the other spouse died having made a valid will or not and whether the spouses were married by civil or customary rites.
(2) Parliament shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Constitution, enact legislation regulating the property rights of spouses including common-law husband and wife. (Sec. 34)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of property is inviolable, but it is subject to laws enacted in the general interest. … (Art. 32)
- SpanishLa propiedad es un derecho inviolable, pero sujeto a lo que dispongan las leyes que se establecieren por razones de interés general. … (Art. 32)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(3) The organic laws shall govern:
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i) general legal regulation of private property and inheritance;
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(3) Prin lege organică se reglementează:
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(i) regimul juridic general al proprietăţii şi al moştenirii;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) The State must promote full gender balance in Zimbabwean society, and in particular—
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(c) the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must take practical measures to ensure that women have access to resources, including land, on the basis of equality with men.
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