CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17
(b) resolves within a period of thirty sitting days beginning on the day on which
that Bill was enacted that a provision of that Bill, as enacted, is in contravention of the Declaration of Rights.
(9) If, before the expiration of a period of eight sitting days beginning on—
(a) the day of the resolution of the Senate referred to in subparagraph (8); or
(b) the day on which the Bill is enacted;
whichever is the later day, the House of Assembly has not passed a resolution such as
is referred to in subparagraph (10), the President shall forthwith cause to be published in the Gazette a notice annulling the provision to which the resolution of the
Senate relates with effect from the date of the publication of the notice.
(10) If, before the expiration of a period referred to in subparagraph (9), the
House of Assembly has resolved by the affirmative votes of more than one-half of its
total membership that the provision to which the resolution of the Senate relates
shall remain in force, the provision shall unless it is sooner repealed or has had its
effect, subject to the provisions of section 24, continue in force for a period of two
hundred and seventy days beginning on the day of the resolution or the day on which
that Bill was enacted, whichever is the later day:
Provided that, if—
(a) the resolution of the House of Assembly referred to in this subparagraph
was passed by the affirmative votes of not less than ninety-one of its members; or
(b) before the expiration of the period of two hundred and seventy days referred to in this paragraph the House of Assembly has, by the affirmative
votes of not less than ninety-one of its members, passed a further resolution
that the provision shall remain in force;
the provision shall, unless it is sooner repealed or has had its effect, subject to the
provisions of section 24, continue in force after the expiration of the period of two
hundred and seventy days.
(11) Where the Senate or the House of Assembly passes a resolution under subparagraph (8), (9) or (10), the Clerk of Parliament shall forthwith cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of such resolution and of the effect thereof.
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Money Bills
(1) The Senate shall not have power to amend a Bill which is certified by the
Speaker to be a Money Bill but may recommend amendments to the House of Assembly.
(2) An amendment to a Bill referred to in subparagraph (1) which is recommended by the Senate shall be duly certified by the Clerk of Parliament and transmitted to
the House of Assembly for its consideration.
(3) After the House of Assembly has considered amendments to a Bill referred to
in subparagraph (1) which have been recommended by the Senate the Bill shall be
presented to the President for assent in the form in which it was passed by the House
of Assembly with such amendments, if any, as may have been made by the House of
Assembly on the recommendation of the Senate.
(4) If a Bill referred to in subparagraph (1) has not been passed by the Senate before the expiration of a period of eight sitting days beginning on the day of the introConsolidation
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