governed by public law, the system and forms of concession and the system
for divestiture of the said property .
Article 96
(Private domain)
Property which is not expressly prescribed in the Constitution and the law as
belonging to the public domain of the state and the various legal persons governed
by public law shall belong to the private domain of the state, shall be subject to the
system of private law or a special system, and its administration shall be regulated
by law.
Article 97
(Irreversibility of nationalisation and confiscation)
All the legal effects of nationalisation and confiscation undertaken under the terms
of the appropriate legislation shall be considered valid and irreversible, without
compromise to the provisions contained in specific legislation on reprivatisation.
Article 98
(Land rights)
1. All land originally belongs to the state and forms part of its private domain,
with the aim of conceding and protecting the land rights of individuals or
corporate bodies and rural communities, under the terms of the Constitution
and the law and without compromise to the provision contained in Point 3 of
this Article.
2. The state shall recognise and guarantee the right to private ownership of land,
constituted under the terms of the law.
3. The state shall only grant private ownership of land and its transmission to
national citizens, under the terms of the law.
CHAPTER II
FINANCIAL AND FISCAL SYSTEM
Article 99
(Financial system)
1. The financial system shall be organised in such a way as to guarantee the
accumulation, deposit, capitalisation and security of savings, as well as the
mobilisation and application of the financial resources needed for economic
and social development, in accordance with the Constitution and the law.
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