CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 [Subsection as inserted by section 5 of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11. As at the 1st October, 1990, section 315(2) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59 of 1974] provided that “where sentence of death is carried out, the person sentenced shall be hanged by the neck until he is dead”.] (5) Delay in the execution of a sentence of death, imposed upon a person in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted, shall not be held to be a contravention of subsection (1). [Subsection as inserted by section 2 of Act 9 of 1993 - Amendment No. 13] (6) A person upon whom any sentence has been imposed by a competent court, whether before, on or after the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 13) Act, 1993, in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted, shall not be entitled to a stay, alteration or remission of sentence on the ground that, since the sentence was imposed, there has been a contravention of subsection (1). [Subsection as inserted by section 2 of Act 9 of 1993 - Amendment No. 13] 16 Protection from deprivation of property (1) Subject to section sixteen A, no property of any description or interest or right therein shall be compulsorily acquired except under the authority of a law that— [Introductory words amended by section 2 of Act 5 of 2000 - Amendment No. 16.] (a) requires— (i) in the case of land or any interest or right therein, that the acquisition is reasonably necessary for the utilization of that or any other land— A. for settlement for agricultural or other purposes; or B. for purposes of land reorganization, forestry, environmental conservation or the utilization of wild life or other natural resources; or C. for the relocation of persons dispossessed in consequence of the utilization of land for a purpose referred to in subparagraph A or B; or (ii) in the case of any property, including land, or any interest or right therein, that the acquisition is reasonably necessary in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health, town and country planning or the utilization of that or any other property for a purpose beneficial to the public generally or to any section of the public; and [Paragraph as substituted by section 6 of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11] (b) requires the acquiring authority to give reasonable notice of the intention to acquire the property, interest or right to any person owning the property or having any other interest or right therein that would be affected by such acquisition; and [Paragraph as substituted by section 6 of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11] Consolidation 14 14th September, 2005