CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (3) For the purposes of this Constitution, no person shall be deemed to hold public office by reason only of the fact that he is in receipt of a pension, half-pay, retired pay or any other like allowance in respect of service in an office that was at the relevant time a public office. (3a) A body established by or in terms of this Constitution may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership if the members of the body who authorize or perform the act concerned constitute a quorum of the membership of that body. [Subsection as inserted by section 19 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (3b) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution or in any law or rule regulating the proceedings of the body concerned, one-half of the membership of any body established by or in terms of this Constitution shall constitute a quorum of the membership of that body. [Subsection as inserted by section 19 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (4) Any reference in this Constitution to the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of a body shall, when the number of its membership is not a multiple of three, be interpreted to mean that the number of votes shall be not less than the integer next above two-thirds of the number of its membership. (5) For the purposes of this Constitution a person shall be deemed not to have attained a given age until the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the day of his birth. (6) The Interpretation Act for the time being in force in Zimbabwe shall apply to the interpretation of any regulations made by the President in the exercise of a power to make regulations conferred by this Constitution and to the interpretation of any such power. [Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 4 of 1993 - Amendment No. 12] SCHEDULE 1 (Sections 7, 28, 31C, 31D, 31G, 39, 44, 76, 83 and 113) Oaths and Affirmations Oath or Affirmation of Loyalty I, .............................................. do swear [or solemnly affirm] that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Zimbabwe and observe the laws of Zimbabwe. So help me God. [To be omitted in affirmation] Oath or Affirmation of Office I, ............................................... do swear [or solemnly affirm] that I will well and truly serve Zimbabwe in the office of.......................................... So help me God. [To be omitted in affirmation] Consolidation 96 14th September, 2005