Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19)
provision for the acquisition of any property or any interest or right therein in any
of the following cases—
(a) in satisfaction of any tax or rate;
(b) by way of penalty for breach of any law, including any law of a foreign
country which, by or in terms of an Act of Parliament, is recognised or
applied for any purpose in Zimbabwe, whether under civil process or
after conviction of an offence, or forfeiture in consequence of a breach of
the law or in pursuance of any order referred to in section 13(2)(b);
[Paragraph as amended by section 6 of Act 30 of 1990 – Amendment No. 11]
(c) upon the removal or attempted removal of the property in question out of
or into Zimbabwe in contravention of any law;
(d) as an incident of a contract, including a lease or mortgage, which has
been agreed between the parties to the contract, or of a title deed to land
fixed at the time of the grant or transfer thereof or at any other time with
the consent of the owner of the land;
(e) in execution of the judgment or order of a court in proceedings for the
determination of civil rights or obligations;
(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;
(l) 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
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