CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 House of Assembly or the Senate, whichever is the House in which the Bill originates; and (b) every Bill, other than a Constitutional Bill, or a Bill to which the proviso to paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 applies, which is amended after its examination by the Committee, before the Bill is given its final reading in the House in which it originated; and (c) every draft Bill transmitted by a Minister to the Clerk of Parliament for reference to the Committee; and (d) every statutory instrument published in the Gazette; and (e) every draft statutory instrument transmitted by the authority empowered to make it to the Clerk of Parliament for reference to the Committee; and shall report to the House of Assembly, Senate, Minister or authority, as the case may be, whether in its opinion any provision of the Bill, draft Bill, statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument would, if enacted, be or, as the case may be, is in contravention of the Declaration of Rights or any other provision of the Constitution. (2) Members of the Parliamentary Legal Committee who are not members of the House in which a Bill originates shall, if the Committee reports to the House that any provision of the Bill would, if enacted, be in contravention of the Declaration of Rights or any other provision of the Constitution, have the right to sit and speak in the House but shall not have the right to vote therein. (3) The Parliamentary Legal Committee— (a) may, in examining any statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument in terms of subsection (1), report to the House of Assembly, Senate or to the Minister or authority concerned, as the case may be, whether in its opinion any provision of the statutory instrument or draft statutory instrument would, if enacted, be or, as the case may be, is ultra vires the enabling Act; (b) shall perform such other functions as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament or in Standing Orders. (4) Standing Orders shall make provision for matters relating to the Parliamentary Legal Committee. (5) The provisions of paragraphs 4 and 8 of Schedule 4 shall apply in respect of the reports of the Parliamentary Legal Committee on Bills and statutory instruments. [Section as substituted by s. 10 of Act No. 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] having been previously inserted by section 8 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] PART 4 General Matters Relating to Parliament 41 Tenure of seats of members (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the seat of a member of Parliament shall become vacant only— (a) on his death; Consolidation 50 14th September, 2005