CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (c) receive any petition which, in the opinion of the President of the Senate or Speaker, as the case may be, requests that provision be made for any of the matters specified in subparagraph (a). (5) The provisions of subparagraph (4) shall not apply to any Bill introduced, motion or amendment moved or petition presented by a Vice-President, Minister or Deputy Minister. 2 Procedure in regard to Bills (1) Immediately after a Bill which originated in the House of Assembly has been passed by the House of Assembly, the Speaker shall cause an authenticated copy of the Bill to be transmitted to the Senate for consideration and the day on which it is transmitted is to be recorded in the journal of the House of Assembly. (2) A Bill transmitted to the Senate in accordance with subparagraph (1) shall be introduced forthwith into the Senate and, subject to the provisions of the Constitution, the Senate may reject the Bill or pass the Bill, with or without amendments. (3) A Bill introduced into the Senate in accordance with subparagraph (2) which has been passed by the Senate with amendments shall be returned forthwith to the House of Assembly with the amendments duly certified by the Clerk of Parliament and the House of Assembly may reject, agree to or amend the amendments made to the Bill by the Senate. (4) Immediately after a Bill which originated in the Senate has been passed by the Senate, the President of the Senate shall cause an authenticated copy of the Bill to be transmitted to the House of Assembly for consideration and the day on which it is transmitted is to be recorded in the journal of the Senate. (5) A Bill transmitted to the House of Assembly in accordance with subparagraph (4) shall be introduced into the House of Assembly as soon as may be convenient and the House of Assembly may reject the Bill or pass the Bill, with or without amendments. (6) A Bill introduced into the House of Assembly in accordance with subparagraph (5) which has been passed by the House of Assembly with amendments shall be returned forthwith to the Senate with the amendments duly certified by the Clerk of Parliament and the Senate may reject, agree to or amend the amendments made to the Bill by the House of Assembly. 3 Disagreement between Senate and House of Assembly (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, if— (a) the Senate and the House of Assembly have not agreed upon the amendments to be made to a Bill which originated in the House of Assembly before the expiration of a period of ninety days beginning on the day of the introduction of the Bill into the Senate; (b) the Senate and the House of Assembly have not agreed upon the amendments to be made to a Bill which originated in the Senate before the expiration of a period of ninety days beginning on the day of the return of the Bill to the Senate; or (c) a Bill which originated in the House of Assembly has been rejected or has not been passed by the Senate before the expiration of a period of ninety days beginning on the day of the introduction of the Bill into the Senate; Consolidation 103 1st October, 2005