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(q) for so long only as may be necessary for the purpose of any examination, investigation, trial or inquiry or, in the case of land, the carrying out thereon- (i) of work for the purpose of the conservation of natural resources of any description; or (ii) of agricultural development or improvement which the owner or occupier of the land has been re- quired, and has without reasonable and lawful excuse refused or failed, to carry out. (5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the making or operation of any law for the compulsory taking of possession in the public interest of any property, or the compulsory acquisition in the public interest of any interest in or right over property, where that property, interest or right is held by a body corporate in which no moneys are invested other than moneys provided by the Legislature. 71. (1) Except with his own consent or by way of parental Protection discipline, no person shall be subjected to the search of his person of home and or to entry into or the search of his dwelling-house. other property. (2) Nothing contained in, and nothing reasonably done under the authority of, any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of this section to the extent that the law in question makes provision which is necessary- (a) for the enforcement of the law in a case where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a criminal offence has been, is being, or is about to be committed by the person or in the dwelling-house in question, or that a person who has committed a criminal offence, or evi- dence relating to such an offence, is to be found in that dwelling-house; (b) otherwise in the interests of defence, public safety, public order, public morality, public health or town and country planning, (c) to enable any public authority or any body corporate established directly by law to enter the dwelling-house in question in order to carry out work connected with any property of that authority or body which is law. fully in that dwelling-house; (d) for the purpose of the valuation of the dwelling-house in question in connexion with any tax, rate or due; or (e) for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedoms of other persons.

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