CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 [Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] 87 Removal of judges from office (1) A judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court may be removed from office only for inability to discharge the functions of his office, whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause, or for misbehaviour and shall not be so removed except in accordance with the provisions of this section. [Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] (2) If the President considers that the question of the removal from office of the Chief Justice ought to be investigated, the President shall appoint a tribunal to inquire into the matter. [Subsection as amended by section 20 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (3) If, in the case of a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice advises the President that the question of removal from office of the judge concerned ought to be investigated, the President shall appoint a tribunal to inquire into the matter. [Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2, by section 6 of Act 4 of 1985 - Amendment No. 5 and by section 20 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (4) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) or (3) shall consist of not less than three members selected by the President from the following— (a) persons who have held office as a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court; (b) persons who hold or have held office as a judge of a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil or criminal matters in a country in which the common law is Roman-Dutch or English, and English is an official language; (c) legal practitioners of not less than seven years’ standing who have been nominated under subsection (5); (d) ….. [Paragraph repealed by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] one of whom shall be designated by the President as chairman. [Subsection as amended by sections 6 and 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] (4a) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (4)(c), the period during which a person has had standing as a legal practitioner, any period during which he has had standing as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included. [Subsection as inserted by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] (5) It shall be the duty of the association which is constituted under an Act of Parliament and which represents legal practitioners practising in Zimbabwe to nominate a panel containing the names of not less than three duly qualified legal practitioners for the purposes of subsection (4)(c) when so required by the President. [Subsection as amended by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] (6) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) or (3) shall inquire into the matter and report on the facts thereof to the President and recommend to the President whether or not he should refer the question of the removal of the judge from office to Consolidation 74 14th September, 2005