CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September,2005
(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 utilization 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 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.
(8) 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—
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