CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September,2005 the President with one or more foreign states or governments or international organizations. [Subsection inserted by section 7 of Act No. 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] (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, fruit-growing 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 - Amendment No. 11] “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. 16A Agricultural land acquired for resettlement (1) In regard to the compulsory acquisition of agricultural land for the resettlement of people in accordance with a programme of land reform, the following factors shall be regarded as of ultimate and overriding importance⎯ (a) under colonial domination the people of Zimbabwe were unjustifiably dispossessed of their land and other resources without compensation; (b) the people consequently took up arms in order to regain their land and political sovereignty, and this ultimately resulted in the Independence of Zimbabwe in 1980; (c) the people of Zimbabwe must be enabled to reassert their rights and regain ownership of their land; and accordingly— (i) the former colonial power has an obligation to pay compensation for agricultural land compulsorily acquired for resettlement, through an adequate fund established for the purpose; and (ii) if the former colonial power fails to pay compensation through such a fund, the Government of Zimbabwe has no obligation to pay compensation for agricultural land compulsorily acquired for resettlement. Reissue 19 14th September, 2005