Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act
Act No. 11 of 2007
twenty per centum more or less than the average number of registered voters in House of
Assembly constituencies.
(7) After delimiting the wards and House of Assembly constituencies, the
Commission shall divide each province into six senatorial constituencies by assigning to
each senatorial constituency a House of Assembly constituency or two or more
contiguous House of Assembly constituencies, and in so doing the Commission may be
guided but not bound by any principle or consideration specified in subsections (4) and
(6).
(8) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall submit to the President a
preliminary report comprising—
(a) a list of wards and House of Assembly constituencies delimited by the
Commission, with the names assigned to each and a description of their
boundaries;
(b) a list of senatorial constituencies delimited by the Commission, with the
names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries;
(c) a map or maps showing the wards and House of Assembly and senatorial
constituencies into which Zimbabwe has been divided by the Commission;
and
(d) any further information or particulars which the Commission considers
necessary;
and the President shall cause the report to be laid before Parliament within the next
seven days after he has received it.
(9) No earlier than seven days after the President has caused the preliminary
report of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to be laid before Parliament in terms
of subsection (8), the President may refer back to the Commission for its further
consideration and final decision any matter arising out of its report.
(10) If there appears to be any discrepancy between the description of the
boundaries of any ward or House of Assembly constituency and the map or maps, the
description shall prevail.
(11) Within fourteen days after receiving the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s
final report the President shall publish a proclamation in the Gazette declaring the
names and boundaries of the wards and the House of Assembly and senatorial
constituencies as finally determined by the Commission to be the wards and House of
Assembly and senatorial constituencies of Zimbabwe, and those boundaries shall
have effect for the purposes of the next and any subsequent general election.”.
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Amendment of section 63 of Constitution
Section 63 (“Prorogation or dissolution”) of the Constitution is amended by the repeal of
subsection (4) and the substitution of—
“(4) Parliament, unless sooner dissolved, shall last for five years, which period shall
be deemed to commence on the day the person elected as President enters office in terms
of section 28(5) after an election referred to in section 28(3)(a), and shall then stand
dissolved:
30th October 2007
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