CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (ii) call a joint meeting of the Senate and the House of Assembly and attend and address such joint meeting; (b) shall have the right to sit and speak in the Senate or the House of Assembly but shall not have the right to vote therein. (2) The President may send messages to the Senate or the House of Assembly and any such message shall be read by the President of the Senate or the Speaker, as the case may be, or by a Vice-President or a Minister. [Section as substituted by section 13 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] having previously been substituted by section 12 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9 and as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] 47 Vice-Presidents, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Attorney-General in Parliament (1) A Vice-President or a Minister or a Deputy Minister shall have a right to sit and speak in Parliament but shall only have the right to vote in Parliament if he is a member thereof. [Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (2) The Attorney-General shall have the right to sit and speak in Parliament but shall not have the right to vote therein. [Section as substituted by section 13 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] 48 Clerk of Parliament and other staff thereof (1) There shall be a Clerk of Parliament appointed by the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. [Subsection as amended by section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] (2) A person appointed as the Clerk of Parliament shall not be removed from office unless the House of Assembly resolves, by the affirmative votes of more than one-half of its total membership, that he should be removed from office. [Subsection as amended by section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14 and section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (3) Subject to any wishes which may be expressed from time to time by the House of Assembly, the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders shall appoint such other staff of Parliament as it may from time to time consider necessary. [Subsection as amended by section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (4) The staff of Parliament shall be appointed on terms of service approved from time to time by the House of Assembly and shall be deemed to be public officers but shall not form part of the Public Service. [Section as substituted by section 14 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9 and section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] 49 Privileges of Parliament and members and officers thereof Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, an Act of Parliament may make provision to determine and regulate the privileges, immunities and powers of Parliament and the members and officers thereof, including the President of Senate and the Speaker, and to provide penalties for a person who sits or votes in Parliament knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled to do so. Consolidation 55 1st October, 2005