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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Private property and the rights of inheritance are recognized without any limits other than those derived from the social function of property.
… (Art. 27) - Catalan1. Es reconeix el dret a la propietat privada i a l'herència, sense altres limitacions que les derivades de la funció social de la propietat.
… (Art. 27)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Subject to the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) no law shall make any provision that 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, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status 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 to the extent that that law makes provision—
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b. for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) (or of persons connected with such persons), of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters which is the personal law of persons of that description;
… (Sec. 18)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishOnly the State, public communities and Ivoirian natural persons have the right to own rural land. Acquired rights are guaranteed.
The composition of rural land areas as well as the rules of ownership, surrender and transfer of holdings thereof are determined by the law. (Art. 12) - FrenchSeuls l’Etat, les collectivités publiques et les personnes physiques ivoiriennes peuvent accéder à la propriété foncière rurale. Les droits acquis sont garantis.
La loi détermine la composition du domaine foncier rural ainsi que les règles relatives à la propriété, à la concession et à la transmission des terres du domaine foncier rural. (Art. 12)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
Whereas every person in Grenada is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his 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, to each and all of the following, namely-
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(c) protection for the privacy of his home and other property
… (Sec. 1)