constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 (5) An application for the review of a decision to dissolve Parliament must be filed with the Constitutional Court within seven days after the decision was published, and-(a) the Constitutional Court must determine the application within fourteen days after it was filed; and (b) pending the Constitutional Court's determination of the application, the decision to dissolve Parliament is suspended. 144 General election resulting from dissolution of Parliament (1) Where Parliament has not earlier passed resolutions to dissolve in terms of section 143(2), the President must by proclamation call and set dates for a general election to be held within the period prescribed in section 158. (2) Where-(a) Parliament has passed resolutions to dissolve in terms of section 143(2); (b) the President has dissolved Parliament in terms of section 143(3); (c) the President has dissolved Parliament following a vote of no confidence in terms of section 109(4); or (d) Parliament stands dissolved following a vote of no confidence in terms of section 109(5); the President must by proclamation call and set dates for a general election to be held not more than ninety days after Parliament passed the resolutions or the President dissolved Parliament or Parliament stood dissolved, as the case may be. (3) The dates for a general election called in terms of subsection (1) or (2) must be fixed by the President after consultation with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. 145 First sitting of Parliament following general election (1) The first sitting of Parliament after a general election must take place at a time and date determined by the President, but the date must not be later than thirty days after the Presidentelect assumes office in terms of section 94. (2) Until the election of a President of the Senate or a Speaker, as the case may be, the first meeting of a House of Parliament must be presided over by the Clerk of Parliament. 146 Sittings and recess periods Each House of Parliament determines the time and duration of its sittings, other than its first sitting, and its periods of recess, but-(a) the President may summon Parliament at any time to conduct special business; (b) no more than one hundred and eighty days may elapse between the sittings of a House. 147 Lapsing of Bills, motions, petitions and other business on dissolution of Parliament On the dissolution of Parliament, all proceedings pending at the time are terminated, and every Bill, motion, petition and other business lapses. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 61