CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17 (2) For the purposes of paragraphs (j) and (k) of subsection (1), a person shall not be deemed to hold public office solely by reason of— (a) being a Vice-President, a Minister, Deputy Minister or Provincial Governor; or [Paragraph as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (b) being a member of any of the Defence Forces whose services in peace-time are not wholly in the service of the State; or (c) being a member of the reserve forces of the Police Force whose services are not wholly in the employment of the State; or (d) holding office for which he is not entitled to be paid any remuneration, other than payment by way of travelling and subsistence allowances or outof-pocket expenses; or (e) being a member of the Council of Chiefs. [Subsection as substituted by section 9 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] (3) For the purposes of this section— (a) any person who is appointed to a council, board or other authority which is a statutory body or which is responsible for the administration of the affairs of a statutory body shall be regarded as a member of that statutory body; (b) “statutory body” means— (i) any Commission established by this Constitution; (ii) any body corporate established directly by or under any Act of Parliament for special purposes specified in that Act, the membership of which consists wholly or mainly of persons appointed by the President, a Vice-President, a Minister, any other statutory body or by a Commission established by this Constitution. [Subparagraph as amended by section 8 of Act 4 of 1989 - Amendment No. 8 and by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Attorney-General. [Subsection as inserted by section 8 of Act 4 of 1989 - Amendment No. 8] 42 Members sentenced to death or to imprisonment (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, in the event of a member of Parliament being convicted— (a) within Zimbabwe of a criminal offence; or (b) outside Zimbabwe of an offence, by whatever name called, which if committed within Zimbabwe would have been a criminal offence; and being sentenced by a court to death or imprisonment, by whatever name called, for a term of six months or more, such member shall cease forthwith to exercise his functions and to be entitled to any remuneration as a member and his seat shall become vacant at the expiration of thirty days from the date of such sentence. Consolidation 52 14th September, 2005