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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
- English
The Agrarian Reform will eliminate the idle latifundios [large estates] and will be made by priority with lands of the State. When the expropriation of idle latifundios affects private owners [proprietarios], it will be fulfilled within that stipulated in Article 44 of this Constitution. The Agrarian Reform shall eliminate any form of exploitation of the peasants, and of the indigenous communities of the country and shall promote forms of ownership compatible with the economic and social objectives of the Nation, established in this Constitution. The regime of ownership of the indigenous communities will be regulated in accordance with the law on the matter. (Art. 107)
- Spanish
La Reforma agraria eliminará el latifundio ocioso y se hará prioritariamente con tierras del Estado. Cuando la expropiación de latifundios ociosos afecte a propietarios privados se hará cumpliendo con lo estipulado en el artículo 44 de esta Constitución. La Reforma agraria eliminará cualquier forma de explotación a los campesinos, a las comunidades indígenas del país y promoverá las formas de propiedad compatibles con los objetivos económicos y sociales de la nación, establecidos en esta Constitución. El régimen de propiedad de las tierras de las comunidades indígenas se regulará de acuerdo a la ley de la materia. (Art. 107)
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.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4), (5), and (7), no law shall make provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, tribe, sex, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject, or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision—
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d. with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other interests of personal law;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe Union :
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(c) shall permit citizens right of private property, right of inheritance, right of private initiative and patent in accord with the law. (Sec. 37) - Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် -
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(ဂ) နိုင်ငံသားများအား ပစ္စည်းပိုင်ဆိုင်ခွင့်၊ အမွေဆက်ခံခွင့်၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်လုပ်ကိုင်ခွင့်၊ တီထွင်ခွင့် နှင့် မူပိုင်ခွင့်တို့ကို ဥပဒေပြဌာန်းချက်နှင့်အညီ ခွင့်ပြုရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၇)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWhereas every person in Saint Christopher and Nevis is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her race, place of origin, birth, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely,
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(c) protection for his or her personal privacy, the privacy of his or her home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE that, subject to any restrictions imposed by law on noncitizens, all persons in our country are entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever their race, tribe, places of origin, political opinion, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the legitimate public interest, to each of the following:-
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(f) protection for the privacy of their homes and other property and from unjust deprivation of property,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishLaws relating to the following areas are deemed ordinary laws:
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- The fundamental principles of property laws, real property rights, … (Art. 65) - Arabicتتخذ شكل قوانين عادية النصوص المتعلقة ب:
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- المبادئ الأساسية لنظام الملكية والحقوق العينية. ... (الفصل 65) - FrenchSont pris sous forme de loi ordinaire, les textes relatifs :
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- aux principes fondamentaux du régime de la propriété et des droits réels ... (Art. 65)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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– Private property shall be protected. No one shall be prohibited from disposing of their property except within the limits of the law, ...
– Inheritance is a guaranteed right, governed by Islamic Sharia.
... (Art. 14) - Arabic
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– الملكية الخاصة مصونة، فلا يمنع أحد من التصرف في ملكه إلا في حدود القانون، ...
– الميراث حق مكفول، تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe "family property", its constitution, conservation, enjoyment, and transmission shall be protected by special legislation. (Art. 49)
- SpanishEl "bien de familia", su constitución, conservación, goce y transmisión, serán objeto de una legislación protectora especial. (Art. 49)