CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (iii) is and has been for not less than seven years, whether continuously or not, qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in Zimbabwe. [Subparagraph as amended by sections 11 and 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] (4a) In computing, for the purposes of subparagraph (4)(b)(iii), the period during which any person has been qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in Zimbabwe, any period during which he was qualified to practise as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included. [Subparagraph as inserted by section 11 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2] (5) No law providing for preventive detention during a period when a resolution under section 31J(6) is in effect shall authorize the detention of a person for a period longer than fourteen days unless the Minister designated for the purpose has issued an order providing for the preventive detention of that person. [Subparagraph as amended by section 20 of Act 23 of 1987 - Amendment No. 7] (6) The reference in subparagraph (1)(b) to a period of fourteen or thirty days in relation to a first review includes a reference to any lesser periods that amount in the aggregate to fourteen or thirty days respectively: Provided that no two such lesser periods shall be aggregated for this purpose if the period between the expiration of the first and the commencement of the second is more than fourteen or thirty days, as the case may be. (7) For the purposes of subparagraph (3), a person shall be deemed to have been detained on the same grounds as those on which he was originally detained unless a tribunal established under subparagraph (4) has reported that, in its opinion, there appear prima facie to be new and reasonable grounds for the detention, but the giving of any such report shall be without prejudice to the provisions of subparagraphs (1) and (5). SCHEDULE 3 (Section 38 and 39) QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND VOTERS 1 Qualifications for members of Parliament (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, a person who— (a) is registered as a voter; and (b) in the case of a person other than a Chief, has attained the age of forty years; and (c) has been ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe for not less than five years during the period of twenty years immediately preceding his nomination or appointment, as the case may be; shall be qualified for election or appointment as a Senator, other than a Senator to be elected pursuant to section 34(1)(c). [Subparagraph inserted by s. 20 of Act 5 of 2005 with effect from the 14th September, 2005. [Original subparagraph repealed by section 24 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] (2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, a person shall be qualified for election as a Senator pursuant to section 34(1)(c) if he holds the office of Chief. Consolidation 99 1st October, 2005

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