CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (3) The procedure for the nomination of candidates for election under subsection (1)(a), the election of Senators and the filling of vacancies among elected Senators shall be as prescribed in the Electoral Law. (4) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), each province shall be divided into five senatorial constituencies delimited in accordance with the Electoral Law. 35 Election of President of Senate (1) When the Senate first meets after it is elected and before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business it shall elect a presiding officer to be known as the President of the Senate; and whenever the office of the President of the Senate becomes vacant the Senate shall not transact any other business until a person to fill that office has been elected. (2) The President of the Senate shall be elected in accordance with Standing Orders from among persons who are or have been members of the Senate or the House of Assembly and who are not members of the Cabinet, Ministers, Deputy Ministers or Provincial Governors: Provided that a person who is not a member of the Senate shall not be elected as the President of the Senate unless he is qualified in accordance with Schedule 3 for election or appointment to the Senate. (3) If a Senator is elected as President of the Senate, he shall cease to be a Senator. (4) A person who has been elected as the President of the Senate shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, unless he has already done so in accordance with section 44, take and subscribe before the Senate the oath of loyalty in the form set out in Schedule 1. (5) When the Senate first meets after it is elected it shall, as soon as practicable after the election of the President of the Senate, elect in accordance with Standing Orders a Senator, not being a Vice-President, Minister, Deputy Minister or Provincial Governor, to be the Deputy President of the Senate and to be chairman when the Senate is in committee; and whenever the office of the Deputy President of the Senate becomes vacant the Senate shall, as soon as convenient, elect another such Senator to that office. 36 Tenure of office of President and Deputy President of Senate (1) The President of the Senate may at any time resign his office either by announcing his resignation in person to the Senate or by notice in writing to the Clerk of Parliament. (2) The President of the Senate shall vacate his office— (a) on the dissolution of Parliament next following his election; (b) if he becomes President, or a Vice-President, Minister, Deputy Minister or Provincial Governor; (c) if he becomes a Senator or a member of the House of Assembly or the Speaker; (d) if any circumstance arises that, if he had been a Senator— Consolidation 45 1st October, 2005