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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Cuba
- EnglishPrivate property over land is regulated by a special framework.
Leasing, sharecropping, and mortgage loans to individuals are prohibited.
The onerous trading or transmission of this good may only be realized in compliance with the requirements established by the law, and without prejudice to the preferential right of the State to the acquisition of land through the payment of a just price.
Non-onerous transfer of ownership or of rights of use and enjoyment of this property is carried out with prior authorization of the competent authority and in accordance with that which is prescribed in the law. (Art. 29) - SpanishLa propiedad privada sobre la tierra se regula por un régimen especial.
Se prohíbe el arrendamiento, la aparcería y los préstamos hipotecarios a particulares.
La compraventa u otra trasmisión onerosa de este bien solo podrá realizarse previo cumplimiento de los requisitos que establece la ley y sin perjuicio del derecho preferente del Estado a su adquisición mediante el pago de su justo precio.
Los actos traslativos de dominio no onerosos o de derechos de uso y disfrute sobre este bien se realizan previa autorización de la autoridad competente y de conformidad con lo establecido en la ley. (Art. 29)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Viet Nam
- English1. Land is a special national resource and an important resource for national development, and is managed in accordance with law.
2. The State shall allocate or lease land to, and recognize land use rights of, organizations and individuals. Land users may transfer land use rights, exercise their rights, and perform their obligations in accordance with law. Land use rights shall be protected by law.
… (Art. 54) - Vietnamese1. Đất đai là tài nguyên đặc biệt của quốc gia, nguồn lực quan trọng phát triển đất nước, được quản lý theo pháp luật.
2. Tổ chức, cá nhân được Nhà nước giao đất, cho thuê đất, công nhận quyền sử dụng đất. Người sử dụng đất được chuyển quyền sử dụng đất, thực hiện các quyền và nghĩa vụ theo quy định của luật. Quyền sử dụng đất được pháp luật bảo hộ.
… (Điều 54)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Chad
- EnglishThe customary and traditional rules governing the matrimonial regimes and inheritance may only be applicable with the consent of the parties concerned.
In default of consent, the national law alone is applicable.
It is the same in case of conflict between two [2] or more customary rules. (Art. 162) - Arabicلا يجوز تطبيق القواعد العرفية والتقليدية التي تحكم أنظمة الزواج والإرث إلا بموافقة الأطراف المعنية.
في غياب الموافقة، يطبق وحده القانون الوطني.
يجري الأمر نفسه في حالة وجود تعارض بين قاعدتين (2) عرفيتين أو أكثر. (المادة (162) - FrenchLes règles coutumières et traditionnelles régissant les régimes matrimoniaux et les successions ne peuvent s'appliquer qu'avec le consentement des parties concernées.
A défaut de consentement, la loi nationale est seule applicable.
The same [applies] in case of conflict between two or more customary rules. (Art. 162)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Kenya
- EnglishParliament shall—
(a) revise, consolidate and rationalise existing land laws;
(b) revise sectoral land use laws in accordance with the principles set out in Article 60 (1); and
(c) enact legislation—
(i) to prescribe minimum and maximum land holding acreages in respect of private land;
(ii) to regulate the manner in which any land may be converted from one category to another;
(iii) to regulate the recognition and protection of matrimonial property and in particular the matrimonial home during and on the termination of marriage;
(iv) to protect, conserve and provide access to all public land;
(v) to enable the review of all grants or dispositions of public land to establish their propriety or legality;
(vi) to protect the dependants of deceased persons holding interests in any land, including the interests of spouses in actual occupation of land;
… (Art. 68) - SwahiliBunge-
(a) litapitia, kuunganisha na kurekebisha sheria za ardhi zilizopo;
(b) litapitia sheria za matumizi ya ardhi ya kisekta kwa mujibu wa kanuni zilizowekwa katika Kifungu cha 60 (1); na
(c) litatunga sheria-
(i) ili kuelezea kiwango cha chini na cha juu cha ekari za ardhi zinazoweza kumilikiwa na watu binafsi;
(ii) ili kusimamia namna ambavyo ardhi yoyote inaweza kubadilishwa kutoka kwenye kipengele kimoja kwenda kingine;
(iii) itasimamia utambuzi na ulinzi wa mali ya wanandoa na haswa nyumba ya wanandoa wakati wa ndoa na wakati wa kuvunjika ndoa;
(iv) italinda, kuhifadhi na kutoa idhini ya ufikiaji wa ardhi yote ya umma;
(v) itawezesha uhakiki wa ruzuku zote au matumizi ya ardhi ya umma i li kujua usahihi na uhalali wake;
(vi) itawalinda tegemezi wa marehemu wenye maslahi katika ardhi yoyote, ikiwa ni pamoja na masilahi ya wanandoa katika umiliki halisi wa ardhi;
… (Kifungu cha 68)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
El Salvador
- EnglishThe State recognizes, encourages and guarantees the right to private property over rustic land [tierra rústica], whether it is individual, cooperative, communal or in any other associative form, and it may not by any concept reduce the maximum extent [extensión] of land [that is] established by this Constitution as a right of property.
The maximum extent of rustic land belonging to the same natural or juridical person may not exceed two hundred and forty-five hectares. This limitation will not be applicable to cooperative or communal peasant associations.
The owners of land to whom the second paragraph of this Article refers, may freely transfer, alienate [enajenarla], split [partirla], divide or rent the land. The land that is property of the cooperative associations, peasant communities and beneficiaries of the Agrarian Reform will be subject to a special regime.
The owners of rustic lands having an extent of more than two hundred and fortyfive hectares, will have the right to immediately determine the part of the land [that] they wish to conserve, segregating [it] and registering [it] separately in the corresponding Register of Real Estate and Mortgages [Registro de la Propiedad Raíz e Hipotecas].
The rustic real property [inmuebles rústicos], which exceeds the limits established by this Constitution and that is found in common ownership [proindivisión], may be the object of partition among its co-owners.
The lands which exceed the extent established by this Constitution may be transferred under any title to peasants, farmers, cooperative corporations [sociedades] and associations and [to] peasant communities. The transfer referred to by this paragraph, must be realized within a period of three years. A special law will determine the allocation of the lands which have not been transferred, at the end of the previously established period.
In no case may the exceeding lands referred to in the prior paragraph be transferred under any title to relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity or [the] second degree of affinity.
… (Art. 105) - SpanishEl Estado reconoce, fomenta y garantiza el derecho de propiedad privada sobre la tierra rústica, ya sea individual, cooperativa, comunal o en cualquier otra forma asociativa, y no podrá por ningún concepto reducir la extensión máxima de tierra que como derecho de propiedad establece esta Constitución.
La extensión máxima de tierra rústica perteneciente a una misma persona natural o jurídica no podrá exceder de doscientas cuarenta y cinco hectáreas. Esta limitación no será aplicable a las asociaciones cooperativas o comunales campesinas.
Los propietarios de tierras a que se refiere el inciso segundo de este artículo, podrán transferirla, enajenarla, partirla, dividirla o arrendarla libremente. La tierra propiedad de las asociaciones cooperativas, comunales campesinas y beneficiarios de la Reforma Agraria estará sujeta a un régimen especial.
Los propietarios de tierras rústicas cuya extensión sea mayor de doscientas cuarenta y cinco hectáreas, tendrán derecho a determinar de inmediato la parte de la tierra que deseen conservar, segregándola e inscribiéndola por separado en el correspondiente Registro de la Propiedad Raíz e Hipotecas.
Los inmuebles rústicos que excedan el límite establecido por esta Constitución y se encuentren en proindivisión, podrán ser objeto de partición entre los copropietarios.
Las tierras que excedan la extensión establecida por esta Constitución podrán ser transferidas a cualquier título a campesinos, agricultores en pequeño, sociedades y asociaciones cooperativas y comunales campesinas. La transferencia a que se refiere este inciso, deberá realizarse dentro de un plazo de tres años. Una ley especial determinará el destino de las tierras que no hayan sido transferidas, al finalizar el período anteriormente establecido.
En ningún caso las tierras excedentes a que se refiere el inciso anterior podrán ser transferidas a cualquier título a parientes dentro del cuarto grado de consanguinidad o segundo de afinidad.
… (Art. 105)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Denmark
- EnglishNo fiefs, estates tail in land, or estates tail in personal property or family estates shall be created in future. (Sec. 84)
- DanishIntet len, stamhus, fideikommisgods eller andet familiefideikommis kan for fremtiden oprettes. (§ 84)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Equatorial Guinea
- English1. The State recognizes property of public and private character.
2. The right to property is guaranteed and protected with no greater limitations than those established by the law.
3. Property is inviolable[;] no person may be deprived of his assets and rights, save for reasons of public utility and [with] corresponding indemnization.
4. The State guarantees to farmers the traditional ownership of the lands that they possess.
… (Art. 30) - Spanish1. El Estado reconoce la propiedad de carácter público y privado.
2. El derecho a la propiedad queda garantizado y protegido sin más limitaciones que las establecidas por la ley.
3. La propiedad es inviolable, ninguna persona puede ser privada de sus bienes y derechos, salvo por causas de utilidad pública y correspondiente indemnización.
4. El Estado garantiza a los agricultores la propiedad tradicional de las tierras que poseen.
… (Art. 30) - French1. L'État reconnaît la propriété publique et privée.
2. Le droit de propriété est garanti et protégé sans autres limitations que celles prévues par la loi.
3. La propriété est inviolable ; nul ne peut être privé de ses biens et de ses droits, sauf pour des raisons d'utilité publique et moyennant une indemnisation.
4. L'État garantit aux agriculteurs la propriété traditionnelle des terres qu'ils possèdent.
… (Art. 30)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Malawi
- English1. All persons who have rights in property at the date of the commencement of this Constitution shall continue to have such rights under this Constitution and any other law.
… (Sec. 209)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Haiti
- EnglishThe law determines the minimum and maximum area of basic farm units. (Art. 248-1)
- FrenchLa Loi détermine la superficie minimale et maximale des unités de base des exploitations agricoles. (Art. 248.1)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Liechtenstein
- English1) Every Liechtenstein citizen shall have the right to reside freely in any location within the territory of the State and to acquire all forms of property, in accordance with further detailed legal provisions.
... (Art. 28) - German1) Jeder Landesangehörige hat das Recht, sich unter Beobachtung der näheren gesetzlichen Bestimmungen an jedem Orte des Staatsgebietes frei niederzulassen und Vermögen jeder Art zu erwerben.
... (Art. 28)