(f) by reason of the property in question being in a dangerous state or prejudicial to the
health or safety of human, animal or vegetable life or having been constructed or
grown on any land in contravention of any law relating to the occupation or use of that
land;
(g) in consequence of any law with respect to the limitation of actions, acquisitive
prescription or derelict land;
(h) as a condition in connection with the granting of permission for the utilisation of that
or other property in any particular manner;
(i) by way of the taking of a sample for the purposes of a law;
(j) where the property consists of an animal, upon its being found trespassing or straying;
(k) for so long only as may be necessary for the purpose of any examination,
investigation, trial or inquiry;
(1) in the case of land, for so long only as may be necessary for the purpose of the
carrying out thereon of –
(i) work for the purpose of the conservation of natural resources of any
description; or
(ii) agricultural development or improvement which the owner or occupier of the
land has been required, and has without reasonable or lawful excuse refused or
failed, to carry out;
(m) in consequence of any law requiring copies of any book or other publication published
in Zimbabwe to be lodged with the National Archives or a public library;
(n) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the prospecting for or exploitation of
minerals, mineral oils, natural gases, precious metals or precious stones which are
vested in the President on terms which provide for the respective interests of the
persons affected;
(o) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the exploitation of underground water or
public water which is vested in the President on terms which provide for the respective
interests of the persons affected;
except so far as that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the authority thereof
is shown not to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic society.
(6) 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 for the
acquisition of any property or any interest or right therein in any of the following cases–
(a) for the purpose of the administration, care or custody of any property of a deceased
person or a person who is unable, by reason of any incapacity, to administer it himself
on behalf and for the benefit of the person entitled to the beneficial interest therein;
(b) by way of the vesting or administration of any property belonging to or used by or on
behalf of an enemy or any organisation. which is, in the interests of defence, public
safety or public order, prescribed or declared by a written law to be an unlawful
organisation;
(c) by way of the administration of moneys payable or owing to a person outside
Zimbabwe or to the government of some other country where restrictions have been
placed by law on the transfer of such moneys outside Zimbabwe;
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