constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 111 War and peace (1) The President has power to declare war and make peace, and must advise the Senate and the National Assembly within seven sitting days. (2) The Senate and the National Assembly, by a joint resolution passed by at least twothirds of the total membership of Parliament, may resolve that a declaration of war should be revoked. (3) Where Parliament has resolved that a declaration of war should be revoked, the President must take all practical steps to disengage from the war, taking due account of the need to ensure the safety of Zimbabwean personnel and equipment. 112 Power of mercy (1) The President, after consultation with the Cabinet, may exercise the power of mercy, that is to say, may-(a) grant a pardon to any person concerned in or convicted of an offence against any law; (b) grant a respite from the execution of a sentence for any offence for an indefinite or specified period; (c) substitute a less severe punishment for that imposed for any offence; or (d) suspend for a specified period or remit the whole or part of a sentence for any offence or any forfeiture imposed in respect of any offence; and may impose conditions on any such pardon, respite, substitution or suspension. (2) Where a person who is resident in Zimbabwe has been convicted in another country of an offence against a law in force in that country, the President may declare that the conviction is not to be regarded as a conviction for the purposes of this Constitution or any other law in force in Zimbabwe. (3) The grant of a pardon or respite from execution of sentence or the substitution or suspension of a sentence must be published in the Gazette. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 45