25. Staff  26. Class-child ratio  (3) Subsection (1)( b )(i) of this section shall be deemed to be satisfied in relation to any  Lawapplicable to the taking of possession of minerals or the acquisition of rights to minerals if that  law makes provision for the payment at reasonable intervals of adequate royalties. (4) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be  held to be  inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (2) of this section to the extent that the law in  question authorizes-  (5) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be  inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (1) of this section -  and except so far as that provision or, as the case may be, the thing done under the  authority thereof is show n not to be reasonably justifiable in a democratic society; or (6) Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law shall be held to be  inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (1) of this section to the extent that the law in  ( a )  the attachment, by order of a court, of any amount of compensation to which a person is  entitled in satisfaction ofthe judgment of a court or pending the determination of civil  proceedings to which he or she is a party; or ( b )  the imposition of reasonable restrictions on the manner in which any amount of  compensation is to be remitted. ( a )  to the extent that the law in question makes provision for the taking of possession or  acquisition of any property -  (i)  in satisfaction of any tax, rate or due; (ii)  by way of penalty for breach of the law whether under civil process or after  conviction of a criminal offence under the law in force in Botswana; (iii)  as an incident of a lease, tenancy, mortgage, charge, bil l of sale, pledge or contract; (iv)  in the execution of judgments or orders of a court in proceedings for the  determination of civil rights or obligations; (v)  in circumstances where it is reasonably necessary to do so because the property is  in a dangerous state or injurious to the health of human beings, animals or plants; (vi)  in consequence of any law with respect to the limitation of actions; or (vii)  for so long only as may be necessary for the purposes of any examination,  investigation, trialor inquiry or, in the case of land, for the purposes of the carrying  out thereon of work of soil conservation or the conservation of other natural  resources or work relating to agricultural development or improvement (being work  relating to such developme nt or improvement that the owner or occupier of the land  has been required, and has without reasonable excuse refused or failed, to carry  out),  ( b )  to the extent that the law in question makes provision for the taking of possession or  acquisition of-  (i)  enemy property;  (ii)  property of a deceased person, a person of unsound mind,  a person who has not  attained the age of 21 years, a prodigal, or a person who is absent from Botswana,  for the purpose of its administration for the benefit of the persons entitled to the  beneficial interest therein; (iii)  property of a person declared  to be insolvent or a body corporate in liquidation, for  the purpose of its administration for the benefit of the creditors of the insolvent or  body corporate and, subject thereto, for the benefit of other persons entitled to the  beneficial interest in theproperty; or  (iv)  property subject to a trust, for the purpose of vesting the property in persons  appointed as trustees under the instrument creating the trust or by a court, or by  order of a court, for the purpose of giving effect to the trust. Copyright Government of Botswana