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; 19 s 16