National Prosecuting Authority Act, 2014 [Chapter 7:20] No. 5/ 2014 or (f) within the period of five years immediately preceding his or her proposed appointment, he or she has been sentenced in a country to a term of imprisonment imposed with or without the option of a fine, whether or not any portion thereof has been suspended, and has not received a free pardon. (2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)— (a) a person who is appointed to a council, board or authority which is a statutory body or which is responsible for the administration of the affairs of a statutory body shall be regarded as a member of that statutory body; (b) “statutory body” means— (i) any Commission established by the Constitution; or (ii) any corporate body established directly by or under an Act for special purposes specified in that Act, the membership of which consists wholly or mainly of persons appointed by the President, a Vice-President, a Minister or any other statutory body or by a Commission established by the Constitution. Term of office and conditions of service of members of Board 3.(1) Subject to this Schedule, the term of office of an appointed member of the Board shall be such period not exceeding five years as the Minister may fix on his or her appointment. Provided that notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Minister shall ensure that at least two members who have held office in the Board continue for another term. (2) On the expiry of an appointed member’s term of Authority, he or she shall be eligible for re-appointment. (3) Subject to this Schedule, the conditions of service of an appointed member of the Board, including allowances, shall be fixed by the Minister in consultation with the Minister responsible for finance, at the time of his or her appointment. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the allowances payable to an appointed member of the Board shall not be reduced during his or her tenure of office. Vacation of office by members of Board 4.(1) An appointed member of the Board may resign from his or her office at any time by giving the Minister and the Board such notice of his or her intention to resign as may be fixed in his or her conditions of service in terms of paragraph 3 or, if no such period has been fixed, after the expiry of thirty days from the date he or she gives notice or after the expiry of such other period of notice as he or she and the Minister may agree. (2) An appointed member of the Board shall be deemed to have resigned from his or her office and his or her office shall become vacant— (a) if he or she becomes disqualified for appointment to the Board in terms of paragraph 2(a), (b), (c), (d) or(e); or (b) on the date he or she begins to serve a sentence of imprisonment, whether or not any portion was suspended, imposed with or without the option of a fine― (i) in Zimbabwe, in respect of an offence; or (ii) outside Zimbabwe, in respect of conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe, would have constituted an offence. - 19 -