CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 31F Vote of no confidence in Government (1) Parliament may, by resolution supported by the votes of not less than twothirds of all the members of each House, pass a vote of no confidence in the Government. [Subsection substituted by s. 5 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (2) A motion for the resolution referred to in subsection (1) shall not be moved in the House of Assembly unless— (a) not less than seven days’ notice of the motion has been given to the Speaker; and (b) the notice of the motion has been signed by not less than one-third of all the members of the House of Assembly; and shall be debated in the House of Assembly within twenty-one days after the receipt by the Speaker of the notice of the motion. (3) Where a vote of no confidence in the Government is passed by Parliament in terms of this section, the President shall within fourteen days do one of the following— (a) dissolve Parliament; or (b) remove every Vice-President, Minister and Deputy Minister from his office unless he has earlier resigned in consequence of the resolution; or (c) himself resign his office. [Section as amended by sections 3 and 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9, subsection (2) as also amended by section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17, and subsection (3) as also amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] 31G Cabinet (1) There shall be a Cabinet consisting, subject to the provisions of section 76(3b), of the President, the Vice-President or Vice-Presidents, as the case may be, and such Ministers as the President may from time to time appoint. [Subsection as amended by section 4 of Act 4 of 1989 - Amendment No. 8 and by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (2) A Minister who is a member of the Cabinet shall hold office as a member of the Cabinet during the pleasure of the President: Provided that— (i) he shall cease to hold office as a member of the Cabinet if he ceases to be a Minister; (ii) he may at any time, by notice in writing addressed and delivered to the President, resign his office as a member of the Cabinet. (3) Every Minister who becomes a member of the Cabinet shall, before entering upon his office, take and subscribe before the President or some other person authorised by the President in that behalf, the oath of a member of the Cabinet in the form set out in Schedule 1. [Subsection as amended by section 4 of Act 4 of 1989 - Amendment No. 8] Consolidation 39 1st October, 2005