No. 4/2014 TRAI'F!CKING IN PERSONS Cap.9:25 Disqual(fications.for appointment as member 2. (I) Subject to this Act, a person shall not be qualified for appointment as a member if~ (a) he or she is not a citizen ofZimbabwe or ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe; or (b) he or she has, in temlS of a law in force in any country~ (i) been adjudged or otherwise declared insolvent or bankrupt and has not been rehabilitated; or (ii) made an assignment or composition with his or her creditors which has not been rescinded or set aside; or he or she has been convicted in Zimbabwe or in any other country~ (c) (i) of any offence involving dishonesty; or (ii) of any other offence, in the period of five year~ before his or her appointment; for which a term of imprisonment without the option of a fine has been imposed, whether or not any portion of that sentence has been suspended. (2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a member, nor shall the person hold office as an appointed member, if~ (a) he or she is a member of two or more other statutory bodies; or (b) he or she is a member of Parliament. (3) For the purJ>oscs of paragraph (a) of subsection (2)~ (a) 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; (b) '"statutory body" means(i) any conunission established by the Constitution: or (ii) anybody corJ>orate established directly by or under an Act 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 Mir1ister or any other statutory body or by a Commission established by the Constitution Vacation ~f office by (lppointed members 3. (I) Where a member of the Collllnittce vacates his or her office, the member's office shall become vacant(a) one month after the date he or she gives notice in writing to the Minister, of his or her intention to resign his or her office or after the date he or she gives notice in writing to the Minister, ofbis intention to resign his or her office or after the expiry of such other period of notice as the member and the Minister and the Minister may agree; or (b) on the date he or she begins to serve a sentence of imprisonment, whether or not any pottion has been suspended, imposed without the option of a fine(i) in Zimbabwe, in respect of an offence; or (ii) outside Zimbabwe, in respect of conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe, would have constituted an offence: or (c) if he or she becomes disqualified in tenns of subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph 2 to hold office as a member; or (d) if he or she is required in terl11S of subparagraph (2) or (3) to vacate his or her office as a member. 60 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied.