constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:49 CHAPTER 18 GENERAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO COMMISSIONS 318 Application of Part 1 This Part applies to the Commissions established by this Constitution, and to the members of every such Commission. 319 Commissions to be bodies corporate The Commissions are bodies corporate with perpetual succession and are capable of suing and being sued in their own names. 320 Membership of Commissions and conditions of service of members (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, every member of a Commission is appointed for a term of five years which is renewable for one additional term only. (2) Members of Commissions, other than-(a) the independent Commissions; (b) the Judicial Service Commission; (c) the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission; and (d) the Zimbabwe Land Commission; hold office at the pleasure of the President. (3) Subject to this Constitution, Members of Parliament and members of provincial or metropolitan councils, local authorities and Government-controlled entities are not eligible to be appointed as members of a Commission. (4) Where a Commission has a chairperson and a deputy chairperson, they must be of different genders. (5) Before entering office, members of Commissions must take before the President, or a person authorised by the President, the oaths of loyalty and office in the forms set out in the Third Schedule. (6) Members of Commissions are entitled to such remuneration, allowances and other benefits as may be fixed by or under an Act of Parliament, and their remuneration must not be reduced during the members' tenure of office. (7) The remuneration and allowances of members of Commissions are a charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 136