CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (b) he is required, by virtue of the provisions of section 42 or 43, to cease to exercise his functions as a member of Parliament; or [Paragraph as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] (c) he becomes a Vice-President, a Minister or Deputy Minister; or [Paragraph as amended by section 20 of Act 23 of 1987 and by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (d) he accepts office as a Provincial Governor; or [Paragraph as inserted by section 3 of Act 4 of 1985 - Amendment No. 5 and as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] (e) he was a Provincial Governor at the time he was elected Deputy Speaker and he fails to terminate his appointment as such within fourteen days of being elected Deputy Speaker. [Paragraph as inserted by section 3 of Act 4 of 1985 - Amendment No. 5 and as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] [Subsection as amended by and section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14] 40A Parliamentary Legal Committee (1) As soon as practicable the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders shall appoint a committee to be known as the Parliamentary Legal Committee. (2) The Parliamentary Legal Committee shall consist of such number of members of Parliament, other than members of the Cabinet, Ministers or Provincial Governors, being not less than three, as the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders may from time to time determine, the majority of whom shall be legally qualified as provided in subsection (3). [Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10 and section 23 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (3) A person shall be legally qualified for the purposes of subsection (2) if he— (a) has been a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court; or (b) is and has been for not less than five years, whether continuously or not, qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in Zimbabwe; or (c) has been a magistrate in Zimbabwe for not less than five years; or (d) possesses such legal qualifications and has such legal experience as the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders considers suitable and adequate for his appointment to the Parliamentary Legal Committee. (4) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (3)(b), the period during which any person has been qualified to practise as a legal practitioner, any period during which he was qualified to practise as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included. [Section as inserted by section 8 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] 40B Functions of Parliamentary Legal Committee (1) The Parliamentary Legal Committee shall examine— (a) every Bill, other than a Constitutional Bill or a Bill to which the proviso to paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 applies, that has been introduced into the Consolidation 49 1st October, 2005