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CHAPTER 2:03
PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS ACT
Acts 14/1988, 28/1989, 11/1991 (s. 32), 20/1994 (s. 21, 3/2016 (s. 2 and First Schedule, Part III1).
AN ACT to provide for salaries, allowances and other benefits for Vice-Presidents,
Senior Ministers, Ministers, the Attorney-General, Deputy Ministers and members and
certain office-bearers of Parliament; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
[Date of commencement: 14th October, 1988.]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Benefits Act [Chapter
2:03].
2 Interpretation
In this Act—
“committee” means a standing, sessional, special or select committee of Parliament;
“Deputy Minister” means a person appointed as a Deputy Minister in terms of section 104
of the Constitution;
“Minister” means a person appointed as a Minister in terms of section 92 of the Constitution;
“Parliamentary Legal Committee” means the Parliamentary Legal Committee appointed
in terms of section 152 of the Constitution;
“Senior Minister” means a Minister who is designated by the President as a Senior Minister;
“Vice-President” means a person appointed as Vice-President of Zimbabwe in terms of section 392 of the Constitution.
PART II
BENEFITS FOR VICE-PRESIDENTS, SENIOR MINISTERS, MINISTERS AND
DEPUTY MINISTERS
3 Benefits for Vice-Presidents, Senior Ministers, Ministers and Deputy Ministers
Subject to this Act, every Vice-President, Senior Minister, Minister and Deputy Minister
shall be entitled to—
(a) a salary at such rate; and
(b) such allowances and other benefits;
as may be prescribed from time to time by the President.
4 Benefits for Attorney-General
Subject to this Act, the Attorney-General shall be entitled to—
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General Laws Amendment Act, 2016 - “to make amendments to Acts to bring them into conformity with
the Constitution”. This purpose was not wholly achieved in the case of the present Act. In fact a new Act
is needed..