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CHAPTER I THE REPUBLIC AND THE CONSTITUTION 1. The Republic. 2. Public seal. 3. Supreme law. CHAPTER II CITIZENSHIP 4. Citizens of Zimbabwe on Independence. 5. Citizenship by birth. 6. Citizenship by descent. 7. Citizenship by registration. 8. [Repealed.] 9. Powers of Parliament in relation to citizenship. 10. Interpretation. CHAPTER III THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 11. Preamble. 12. Protection of right to life. 13. Protection of right to personal liberty. 14. Protection from slavery and forced labour. 15. Protection from inhuman treatment. 16. Protection from deprivation of property. 16A. Agricultural land acquired for resettlement. 16B. Agricultural land acquired for resettlement and other purposes. 17. Protection from arbitrary search or entry. 18. Provisions to secure protection of law. 19. Protection of freedom of conscience. 20. Protection of freedom of expression. 21. Protection of freedom of assembly and association. 22. Protection of freedom of movement. 23. Protection from discrimination on the grounds of race, etc. 24. Enforcement of protective provisions. 25. Savings in the event of public emergencies. 26. Interpretation and other savings.

CHAPTER IV THE EXECUTIVE

PART 1 The President and Vice-President 27. The President. 28. Qualifications and election of President. 29. Tenure of office of President. 30. Presidential immunity. 31. Acting President. 31A. Remuneration of President. 31B. President and former Presidents not to hold other offices.

31C. Vice-President.

(1) There shall be a Vice-President of Zimbabwe.

(1a) The Vice-President shall be elected in the same election together with the President: provided that where the office of Vice-President becomes vacant, the President shall appoint a new Vice-President, but such appointment must be ratified by the affirmative votes of a majority of the total number of members of Parliament.

(2) The Vice-President shall assist the President in the discharge of his executive functions, and shall perform such other functions, including the administration of any Act of Parliament or of any Ministry or department, as the President may assign to him.

(3) A Vice-President shall, before entering upon his office, take and subscribe before the President or some other person authorized by the President in that behalf the oaths of loyalty and office in the forms set out in Schedule 1.

(4) During his tenure of office, a Vice-President shall not directly or indi- rectly hold any other public office or any paid office in the employment of any person. [Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (5) Whenever a Vice-President is absent from Zimbabwe, or is unable to perform the functions of his office by reason of illness or any other cause, the President may appoint a Minister to assume and perform those functions, and any Minister so appointed may discharge those functions accordingly. [Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (6) A Minister appointed in terms of subsection (5) shall cease to perform the functions of the office of Vice-President— (a) iftheappointmentisrevokedbythePresident;or (b) ifheceasestoholdtheofficeofMinister;or (c) upontheassumptionofofficeofanewPresident. PART 2 Ministers and Cabinet 31D. Ministers and Deputy Ministers. 31E. Tenure of office of Ministers and Deputy Ministers. 31F. Vote of no confidence in Government. 31G. Cabinet. PART 3 Executive Functions 31H. Executive functions of President. 31I. Prerogativeofmercy. 31J. Public emergencies. 31K. Extent to which exercise of President’s functions justiciable. 32. Legislative authority.

CHAPTER V PARLIAMENT

PART 1 Legislative Authority PART 2 [Repealed] PART 3 Composition of Parliament, Speaker and Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary Legal Committee 38. Composition of Parliament. 39. Election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker. 40. Tenure of office of Speaker and Deputy Speaker. 40A. Parliamentary Legal Committee. 40B. Functions of Parliamentary Legal Committee. PART 4 General Matters Relating to Parliament 41. Tenure of seats of members. 42. Members sentenced to death or to imprisonment. 43. Expulsion or suspension of members convicted of certain offences. 44. Oath of loyalty. 45. Remuneration of Speaker. 46. President’s power to address and attend Parliament. 47. Vice-Presidents, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Attorney-General in Parliament. 48. Clerk of Parliament and other staff thereof. 49. Privileges of Parliament and members and officers thereof. PART 5 Powers and Procedure of Parliament 50. Legislative powers. 51. Mode of exercising legislative powers. 52. Alteration of the Constitution. 53. Enrolment of Acts. 54. Quorum. 55. Validity of proceedings. 56. Voting. 57. Standing Orders. PART 6 Elections and Sessions 58. Elections. 59. Delimitation Commission. 60. Delimitation of constituencies. 61. Electoral Supervisory Commission. 62. Sessions. 63. Prorogation or dissolution. CHAPTER VI [Repealed] CHAPTER VII THE PUBLIC SERVICE 73. Public Service. 74. Public Service Commission. 75. Functions of Public Service Commission. 76. Attorney-General. 77. Secretaries of Ministries, etc. 78. Principal representatives of Zimbabwe abroad. CHAPTER VIII THE JUDICIARY 79. Judicial authority. 79A. Judiciary. 79B. Independence of judiciary. 80. Supreme Court. 81. High Court and criminal jurisdiction of other courts. 82. Qualifications of judges. 83. Oath of office. 84. Appointment of judges. 85. Acting judges. 86. Tenure of office of judges. 87. Removal of judges from office. 88. Remuneration of judges. 89. Law to be administered. 90. Judicial Service Commission. 91. Functions of Judicial Service Commission. 92. Persons presiding over special courts. CHAPTER IX THE POLICE FORCE 93. Police Force and Commissioner of Police. 94. Police Service Commission. 95. Functions of Police Service Commission. CHAPTER X THE DEFENCE FORCES 96. Defence Forces and command thereof. 97. Defence Forces Service Commission. 99. Functions of Defence Forces Service Commission. CHAPTER XA THE PRISON SERVICE 99. Prison Service and Commissioner of Prisons. 100. Prison Service Commission. 100A. Functions of Prison Service Commission. CHAPTER XI FINANCE 101. Consolidated Revenue Fund. 102. Withdrawals from Consolidated Revenue Fund or other public fund. 103. Authorization of expenditure from Consolidated Revenue Fund. 104. Public debt. 105. Comptroller and Auditor-General. 106. Functions of Comptroller and Auditor-General. CHAPTER XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS PART 1 General 107. Ombudsman and Deputy Ombudsman. 108. Functions of Ombudsman. 108A. Anti-Corruption Commission. 109. General provisions as to Commissions, etc. 110. Tenure of office of certain persons. 111. Chiefs and Councils of Chiefs. 111A. Provincial, district or regional governors. 111B. Effect of international conventions, etc. 112. Pensions. PART 2 Interpretation SCHEDULE 1: Oaths and Affirmations. SCHEDULE 2: Savings in the event of Public Emergencies. SCHEDULE 3: Qualifications for Members of Parliament and Voters. SCHEDULE 4: Procedure with regard to Bills and other matters in Par- liament. SCHEDULE 5. [Repealed.] SCHEDULE 6: Pensions. SCHEDULE 7: Agricultural Land Gazetted before 8th July 2005