CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (i) the provisions of section 41(1)(j), (k), (n), (o), (p) or (q) would apply to him and his seat as a Senator would become vacant; or (ii) he would be required, by virtue of the provisions of section 42, to cease to exercise his functions as a Senator. (3) The office of the President of the Senate shall become vacant if the Senate has resolved by the affirmative votes of not less than one half of its total membership that the office of the President of the Senate shall become vacant. (4) Any function of the President of the Senate, whether authorized by law or otherwise, which is required to be performed after a dissolution of Parliament and before the President of the Senate is elected under section 35(1) shall be performed by the person who was the President of the Senate immediately before such dissolution: Provided that, if at any time after the dissolution of Parliament the person who was the President of the Senate relinquishes the functions of that office by notice in writing to the Clerk of Parliament or is for any reason unable to perform them, those functions shall be performed by the Clerk of Parliament. (5) The Deputy President of the Senate may at any time resign his office by notice in writing to the Clerk of Parliament and shall vacate his office if— (a) he ceases to be a Senator; (b) he is required, by virtue of the provisions of section 42 or 43, to cease to exercise his functions as a Senator; or (c) he becomes a Vice-President, Minister, Deputy Minister or Provincial Governor. PART 3 Composition of House of Assembly, Speaker and Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary Legal Committee 38 Composition of House of Assembly (1) There shall be a House of Assembly which, subject to the provisions of section 76(3b), shall consist of one hundred and fifty members qualified in accordance with Schedule 3 for election or appointment to the House of Assembly, of whom— (a) one hundred and twenty shall be elected by voters in the one hundred and twenty constituencies delimited in accordance with section 60; and (b) ten shall be Provincial Governors; and (c) eight shall be Chiefs representing each of the provinces, other than the metropolitan provinces, elected in accordance with the Electoral Law; and (d) twelve shall be appointed by the President. [Subsection as amended by s. 8 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (2) The qualifications for election under subsection (1)(a) as a member of the House of Assembly are set out in Schedule 3. Consolidation 46 14th September, 2005