CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE
(b)
the taking of possession or acquisition in the
public interest of any property or any interest
or right therein where that property, interest or
right is held by a body corporate established
directly by law for a public purpose in which
no moneys have been invested other than moneys provided from public funds.
(9a) Nothing in this section shall affect the making
or operation of any Act of Parliament in so far as it
provides for the extinction of any debt or other
obligation gratuitously assumed by the State or any
other person.
property or interest or right therein and which
is not in contravention of section 16;
[Subsection as inserted by section 6 of Act 30 of 1990]
(10) In this section—
“acquiring authority” means the person or authority compulsorily taking possession of or acquiring
the property or the interest of right therein;
“agricultural purposes” includes forestry, fruitgrowing and animal husbandry, including the keeping
of poultry, bees or fish;
“land” includes anything permanently attached to
or growing on land;
[Definition as inserted by section 6 of Act 30 of 1990]
“pensions benefits” means any pension, annuity,
gratuity or other like allowance—
(a) which is payable from the Consolidated
Revenue Fund to any person;
(b) for any person in respect of his service with an
employer or for any spouse, child or dependant
of such person in respect of such service;
(c) for any person in respect of his ill-health or
injury arising out of and in the course of his
employment or for any spouse, child or dependant of such person upon the death of such
person from such ill-health or injury; or
(d) for any person upon his retirement on account
of age or ill-health or other termination of service;
“piece of land” means a piece of land registered as
a separate entity in the Deeds Registry.
17 Protection form arbitrary search or entry
(1) Except with his own consent or by way of
parental discipline, no person shall be subjected to the
search of his person or his property or the entry by
others on his premises.
(2) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be in contravention of
subsection (1) to the extent that the law in question
makes provision—
(a) in the interests of defence, public safety, public
order, public morality, public health or town
and country planning;
(b) without derogation from the generality of the
provisions of paragraph (a), for the enforcement of the law in circumstances where there
are reasonable grounds for believing that the
search or entry is necessary for the prevention,
investigation or detection of a criminal offence,
for the seizure of any property which is the
subject-matter of a criminal offence or evidence relating to a criminal offence, for the
lawful arrest of a person or for the enforcement
of any tax or rate;
(c) for the purposes of a law which provides for
the taking of possession or acquisition of any
(d)
for the purpose of protecting the rights and
freedoms of other persons;
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