134 16.4 Continuation of rights of occupiers of agricultural land Subject to this Constitution, any person who, immediately before the effective date, was using or occupying, or was entitled to use or occupy, any agricultural land by virtue of a lease or other agreement with the State continues to be entitled to use or occupy that land on or after the effective date, in accordance with that lease or other agreement. 16.5 Security of tenure for occupiers of agricultural land The State must take appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to give security of tenure to every person lawfully owning or occupying agricultural land. 16.6 Alienation of agricultural land by State (1) The State may alienate for value any agricultural land vested in it, whether through the transfer of ownership to any other person or through the grant of a lease or other right of occupation or use, but any such alienation must be in accordance with the principles specified in section 16.2. (2) The State may not alienate more than one piece of agricultural land to the same person and his or her dependants. (3) An Act of Parliament must prescribe procedures for the alienation and allocation of agricultural land by the State, and any such law must be consistent with the principles specified in section 16.2. 16.7 Alienation of agricultural land by owners or occupiers Subject to any limitation imposed by law, an owner or occupier of agricultural land has the right to transfer, hypothecate, lease or dispose of his or her right in agricultural land. 16.8 Compensation for acquisition of previously-acquired agricultural land (1) Any indigenous Zimbabwean whose agricultural land was acquired by the State before the effective date is entitled to compensation from the State for the land and any improvements that were on the land when it was acquired. (2) Any person whose agricultural land was acquired by the State before the effective date and whose property rights at that time were guaranteed or protected by an agreement concluded by the Government of Zimbabwe with the government of another country, is entitled to compensation from the State for the land and any improvements in accordance with that agreement. (3) Any person, other than a person referred to in subsection (1) or (2), whose agricultural land was acquired by the State before the effective date is entitled to compensation from the State only for improvements that were on the land when it was acquired. (4) Compensation payable under subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3) must be assessed and paid in terms of an Act of Parliament. 16.9 Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Land Commission (1) There is a commission to be known as Zimbabwe Land Commission consisting of—

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