CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17
31A
Remuneration of President
(1) There shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
to the President and any Acting President such salary, allowances, pension and other
benefits as may from time to time be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.
(2) The salary, allowances and other benefits payable to the President or an Acting President shall not be reduced during the period he holds the office of President.
31B
President and former Presidents not to hold other offices
(1) While he continues in office as President, the President shall not directly or
indirectly hold any other public office or any paid office in the employment of any
person.
(2) After ceasing to be President, a person shall not directly or indirectly hold any
public office or any paid office in the employment of any person while he is receiving
a pension from the State in respect of his former office of President.
PART 2
Vice-Presidents, Ministers and Cabinet
31C
Vice-Presidents
(1) There shall be not more than two Vice-Presidents of Zimbabwe, who shall be
appointed by the President.
[Subsection as substituted by section 4 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(2) The Vice-President or Vice-Presidents, as the case may be, shall assist the
President in the discharge of his executive functions, and shall perform such other
functions, including the administration of any Act of Parliament or of any Ministry or
department, as the President may assign to him or them, as the case may be.
[Subsection as substituted by section 4 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(3) A Vice-President shall, before entering upon his office, take and subscribe before the President or some other person authorized by the President in that behalf
the oaths of loyalty and office in the forms set out in Schedule 1.
[Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(4) During his tenure of office, a Vice-President shall not directly or indirectly
hold any other public office or any paid office in the employment of any person.
[Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(5) Whenever a Vice-President is absent from Zimbabwe, or is unable to perform
the functions of his office by reason of illness or any other cause, the President may
appoint a Minister to assume and perform those functions, and any Minister so
appointed may discharge those functions accordingly.
[Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(6) A Minister appointed in terms of subsection (5) shall cease to perform the
functions of the office of Vice-President—
(a) if the appointment is revoked by the President; or
(b) if he ceases to hold the office of Minister; or
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