National Prosecuting Authority Act, 2014 [Chapter 7:20] No. 5/ 2014 (3) The officer referred to in subsection (1) or a legal practitioner appointed in terms of subsection (2) may, subject to any conditions which the Prosecutor-General may impose— (a) sign any certificate, authority or other document required or authorised by an enactment referred to in those subsections; and (b) appoint a member of the National Prosecuting Authority constituted in terms of the National Prosecuting Authority Act [Chapter 7:20], or a legal practitioner entitled to practise in Zimbabwe, as the case may be, to exercise the rights and powers or perform the functions delegated to him or her in terms of subsection (1) or (2), and the provisions of this subsection shall apply, with such changes as may be necessary, in respect of that appointment.”. 4. By the repeal of section 7 and the substitution of the following— “7 National Director of Public Prosecutions There shall be a National Director of Public Prosecutions appointed in terms of section 8 of the National Prosecuting Authority Act [Chapter 7:20].”. 5. In section 9 (“Attorney-General’s power of stopping prosecutions”)— (a) by the deletion of the heading thereto and the substitution of “Prosecutor-General’s power of stopping prosecutions”; (b) by the deletion of “Attorney General” and the substitution of “Prosecutor- General”; 6. In section 9A (“Prosecutions for contempt of court proceedings”)(2) by the deletion of “Attorney-General” and the substitution of “Prosecutor-General” wherever it appears. 7. In section 10 (“Power of ordering liberation of persons committed for further examination, sentence or trial”) by the deletion of “Attorney-General” and the substitution of “Prosecutor-General”. 8. In section 11 (“Functions of local public prosecutor”) by the deletion of “AttorneyGeneral” and the substitution of “Prosecutor-General” wherever it appears— (a) in subsection (1) by the deletion of “Attorney General” and the substitution of “Prosecutor- General”; (b) in subsection (3)(b) by the deletion of “Attorney General” and the substitution of “Prosecutor- General”. 9. In section 13 (“Private prosecution on refusal of Attorney-General to prosecute”) — (a) by the deletion of the heading thereto and the substitution of “Private prosecution on refusal of Prosecutor-General to prosecute”; (b) by the deletion of “Attorney General” and the substitution of “Prosecutor- General”. 10. In section 15 (“Private prosecutor may apply to court for warrant”) by the deletion of “Attorney-General” and the substitution of “Prosecutor-General” 11. In section 16 (“Certificate of Attorney-General that he declines to prosecute”)— (a) by the deletion of the heading thereto and the substitution of “Certificate of Prosecutor-General that he or she refuses to prosecute”; - 32 -