CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 [Section as substituted by section 6 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] 12 Protection of right to life (1) No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted. (2) A person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of his life in contravention of subsection (1) if he dies as the result of the use, to such extent and in such circumstances as are permitted by law, of such force as is reasonably justifiable in the circumstances of the case— (a) for the defence of any person from violence or for the defence of property; (b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained; (c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny or of dispersing an unlawful gathering; or (d) in order to prevent the commission by that person of a criminal offence; or if he dies as the result of a lawful act of war. (3) It shall be sufficient justification for the purposes of subsection (2) in any case to which that subsection applies if it is shown that the force used did not exceed that which might lawfully have been used in the circumstances of that case under the law in force immediately before the appointed day. 13 Protection of right to personal liberty (1) No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty save as may be authorized by law in any of the cases specified in subsection (2). (2) The cases referred to in subsection (1) are where a person is deprived of his personal liberty as may be authorized by law— (a) in consequence of his unfitness to plead to a criminal charge or in execution of the sentence or order of a court, whether in Zimbabwe or elsewhere, in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted; (b) in execution of the order of a court punishing him for contempt of that court or of another court or tribunal or in execution of the order of the Senate or the House of Assembly punishing him for a contempt; [Paragraph as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9 and section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (c) in execution of the order of a court made in order to secure the fulfilment of an obligation imposed on him by law; [Paragraph as amended by section 4 of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11] (d) for the purpose of bringing him before a court in execution of the order of a court or an officer of a court or before the Senate or the House of Assembly in execution of the order of the Senate or the House of Assembly; [Paragraph as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9, by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10, and section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] Consolidation 11 1st October, 2005