CHAPTER 13
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
162.
Provinces
(1)
Zimbabwe will be divided into five provinces as follows:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Manicaland;
Mashonaland;
Masvingo;
Matebeleland; and
Midlands.
(2)
The boundaries and capitals of these Provinces will be as prescribed in a Schedule to this
Constitution.
163.
Provincial Assembly
(1)
There will be, in each province, a provincial legislature, to be called a Provincial
Assembly consisting of not less than thirty members and not more than fifty members
elected on an electoral system based on proportional representation.
(2)
The electorate for a Provincial Assembly will be the voters enrolled on the National
voter’s roll in that Province.
(3)
An Act of Parliament must provide for an equitable formula determining the exact
number of members of each Provincial Assembly.
(4)
A Provincial Assembly will be elected for a term of five years and thereafter stand
dissolved.
164.
Legislative Authority of Provinces
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the legislative authority of a Province vests
in its Provincial Assembly.
(2)
A Provincial Assembly will have power to
(a)
initiate and pass legislation dealing with any matters listed in Section 10.
(b)
perform such other functions and exercise such other powers as may be
prescribed in an Act of Parliament.
(3)
A Provincial Assembly may, subject to an Act of Parliament, impose a tax or levy.
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