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Provided that a Commissioner shall not hold office in terms of this subparagraph for
longer than six months.
(3) Subject to paragraph 8, a Commissioner shall hold office on such terms and
conditions as the President may fix in relation to Commissioners generally.
(4) A retiring Commissioner is eligible for re-appointment as a Commissioner:
Provided that no Commissioner may be re-appointed for a third term in office.
Disqualifications for appointment as Commissioner
2.(1) No person shall be appointed as a Commissioner and no person shall be qualified to
hold office as a Commissioner who—
(a) is not a citizen of Zimbabwe; or
(b) has a financial interest in any business connected with the provision of services to
the Commission, or is engaged in any activity connected with any such service, or is
married or connected to or associated with a person who has such an interest or is
engaged in such an activity, unless the President is satisfied that the interest or
activity will not interfere with the person’s impartial discharge of his or her duties as
a Commissioner; or
(c) has, in terms of a law in force in any country—
(i) been adjudged or otherwise declared insolvent or bankrupt and has not been
rehabilitated or discharged; or
(ii) made an assignment to, or arrangement or composition with, his or her
creditors which has not been rescinded or set aside; or
(d) has, within the period of five years immediately preceding the date of his or her
proposed appointment, been convicted—
(i) in Zimbabwe, of an offence; or
(ii) outside Zimbabwe, in respect of conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe,
would constitute an offence;
and sentenced to a term of imprisonment exceeding six months imposed without the
option of a fine, whether or not any portion has been suspended, and has not
received a free pardon.
(2) A person who is—
(a) a member of Parliament; or
(b) a member of two or more other statutory bodies;
shall not be appointed as a Commissioner, nor shall he or she be qualified to hold office as a
Commissioner.
(3) For the purposes of subparagraph (2)(b) a 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.
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