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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- Englisha. All persons are born equally free and independent and have certain natural, inherent and inalienable rights, among which are the right of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of pursuing and maintaining and security of the person and of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, subject to such qualifications as provided for in this Constitution.
… (Art. 11)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThrough special programs and adequate legislation, the State will provide state lands to the indigenous communities who may need them for their development. (Art. 68)
- SpanishMediante programas especiales y legislación adecuada, el Estado proveerá de tierras estatales a las comunidades indígenas que las necesiten para su desarrollo. (Art. 68)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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2. It is exclusively incumbent upon the National Parliament to make laws on:
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f) The status and capacity of the person, family law and inheritance law;
… (Sec. 95) - Tetum…
2. Parlamentu Nasionál de’it mak halo lejizlasaun kona-ba:
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f) Estadu no kapasidade ema nian, direitu família nian no mós jerasaun ne’ebé sei mai;
… (Art. 95) - Portuguese…
2. Compete exclusivamente ao Parlamento Nacional legislar sobre:
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f) Estado e capacidade das pessoas e direito da família e das sucessões;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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2° The status of the persons and of the assets:
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– matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
– regime of property, of the real rights and of the civil and commercial obligations;
… (Art. 164) - KirundiIbitegerezwa kuringanizwa n’amabwirizwa ni ibi :
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2° Ivyerekeye amabwirizwa agenga abantu n’ivyabo :
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– ivyerekeye amatungo y’ababiranye ingene aganzwa, gutorana n’ukugabira amatungo;
– ivyerekeye itunga bwite ry’umuntu, ayandi matungo, aboneka, ivyo umuntu asabwa mu masezerano y’amatungo n’ubudandaji.
… (Ingingo ya 164) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi :
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2° Le statut des personnes et des biens :
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- régimes matrimoniaux, successions et libéralités ;
- régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales.
… (Art. 164)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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- … the status and the capacity of the persons, marriage, divorce, and inheritance;
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- the regime of property,
… (Art. 57) - Arabic
تدخل في مجال القانون:
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- ...حالة الأشخاص و أهليتهم، والزواج، والطلاق و الميراث،-
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- نظام الملكية
… (المادّة 57) - French
Sont du domaine de la loi :
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, le mariage, le divorce, les successions ;
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- le régime de la propriété,
… (Art. 57)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
a. this Chapter11 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-
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q. the protection of property rights as provided in section 15;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
1. Freedom, property, and the rights recognized by the Constitution and by law may not be infringed without due process.
… (Art. 42) - Albanian
1. Liria, prona dhe të drejtat e njohura me Kushtetutë dhe me ligj nuk mund të cenohen pa një proces të rregullt ligjor.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of ownership is guaranteed to everyone.
… (Art. 11) - FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti à tous.
… (Art. 11)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) The Sharia Court of Appeal shall, in addition to such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly, exercise such appellate and supervisory jurisdiction in civil proceedings involving questions of Islamic personal law.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) of this section, the Sharia Court of Appeal shall be competent to decide –
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(c) any question of Islamic personal law regarding a wakf, gift, will or succession where the endower, donor, testator or deceased person is a Muslim;
… (Sec. 262)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State shall protect the social and economic development of the family and shall organize the family homestead, determining the nature and amount of property that must constitute it, on the basis that it is inalienable and un-attachable. (Art. 62)
- SpanishEl Estado velará por el mejoramiento social y económico de la familia y organizará el patrimonio familiar determinando la naturaleza y cuantía de los bienes que deban constituirlo, sobre la base de que es inalienable e inembargable. (Art. 62)