CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (c1) the designation of a Vice-President or Minister in terms of section 31(1); or [Paragraph as inserted by section 5 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (c2) the appointment of members of Parliament in terms of section 38(1)(d); or [Paragraph as inserted by section 5 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (d) the appointment of any person to an office or post in terms of this Constitution or any other law, or the removal of any person from such an office or post, where the President is required by this Constitution or by the law concerned, as the case may be, to consult any other person or authority before making the appointment or effecting the removal. (6) Nothing in this section shall prevent Parliament from conferring or imposing functions on persons or authorities other than the President. 31I Prerogative of mercy (1) The President may, subject to such lawful conditions as he may think fit to impose— (a) grant a pardon to any person concerned in or convicted of a criminal offence against any law; or (b) grant a respite, either indefinite or for a specified period, from the execution of any sentence for such an offence; or (c) substitute a less severe punishment for that imposed by any sentence for such an offence; or (d) suspend for a specified period or remit the whole or part of any sentence for such an offence or any penalty of forfeiture otherwise imposed on account of such an offence. (2) Where a person resident in Zimbabwe has been convicted in another country of a criminal offence against a law in force in that country, the President may declare that that conviction shall not be regarded as a conviction for the purposes of this Constitution or any other law in force in Zimbabwe. 31J Public emergencies (1) The President may at any time, by proclamation in the Gazette, declare in relation to the whole of Zimbabwe or any part thereof that— (a) a state of public emergency exists; or (b) a situation exists which, if allowed to continue, may lead to a state of public emergency. (2) A declaration under subsection (1), if not sooner revoked, shall cease to have effect at the expiration of a period of fourteen days beginning with the day of publication of the proclamation in the Gazette unless, before the expiration of that period, the declaration is approved by resolution of Parliament: Provided that, if Parliament is dissolved during the period of fourteen days, the declaration, unless sooner revoked, shall cease to have effect at the expiration of a period of thirty days beginning with the day of publication of the proclamation in the Gazette unless, before the expiration of that period, the declaration is approved by resolution of Parliament. Consolidation 41 1st October, 2005