constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 102 Remuneration of President and Vice-Presidents (1) The President and Vice-Presidents are entitled to the salaries, allowances, pensions and other benefits that are prescribed under an Act of Parliament. (2) The salaries and allowances of the President and Vice-Presidents must be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. (3) A person who has ceased to be President or Vice-President is entitled to receive-(a) a pension equivalent to the salary of a sitting President or Vice-President, as the case may be; and (b) such allowances and other benefits as may be prescribed under an Act of Parliament. 103 President and Vice-Presidents and former office-holders not to hold other office or employment The President and Vice-Presidents, and any former President or Vice-President, must not, directly or indirectly, hold any other public office or be employed by anyone else while they are in office or are receiving a pension from the State as former President or Vice-President, as the case may be. PART 3 MINISTERS, DEPUTY MINISTERS AND CABINET 104 Appointment of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (1) The President appoints Ministers and assigns functions to them, including the administration of any Act of Parliament or of any Ministry or department, but the President may reserve to himself or herself the administration of an Act, Ministry or department. (2) The President may appoint Deputy Ministers to assist any Minister in the exercise of his or her functions. (3) Ministers and Deputy Ministers are appointed from among Senators or Members of the National Assembly, but up to five, chosen for their professional skills and competence, may be appointed from outside Parliament. (4) In appointing Ministers and Deputy Ministers, the President must be guided by considerations of regional and gender balance. (5) Ministers and Deputy Ministers who are not Members of Parliament may sit and speak, but not vote, in the Senate or the National Assembly. (6) Before taking office, a person appointed as Minister or Deputy Minister must take before the President the appropriate Ministerial oath in the form set out in the Third Schedule. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 41