Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) 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. [Subsection as inserted by section 6 of Act 30 of 1990 – Amendment No. 11] (9b) Nothing in this section shall affect or derogate from— (a) any obligation assumed by the State; or (b) any right or interest conferred upon any person; in relation to the protection of property and the payment and determination of compensation in respect of the acquisition of property, in terms of any convention, treaty or agreement acceded to, concluded or executed by or under the authority of the President with one or more foreign states or governments or international organisations. [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⎯ - 21 -