constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 PART 5 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 114 Attorney-General (1) There is an Attorney-General appointed by the President. (2) A person who has been appointed as Attorney-General assumes office upon taking 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. (3) A person is qualified for appointment as Attorney-General if he or she is qualified for appointment as a judge of the High Court. (4) The functions of the Attorney-General are. (a) to act as the principal legal adviser to the Government; (b) to represent the Government in civil and constitutional proceedings; (c) to draft legislation on behalf of the Government; (d) to promote, protect and uphold the rule of law and to defend the public interest; and (e) to exercise any other functions that may be assigned to the Attorney-General by an Act of Parliament; and the Attorney-General may exercise those functions in person or through subordinate officers acting under the Attorney-General's general or specific instructions. (5) The Attorney-General may-(a) attend Cabinet meetings, but has no vote; (b) sit and speak in the Senate and the National Assembly, but has no vote; and (c) with the leave of the court concerned, appear as a friend of the court in any civil proceedings to which the Government is not a party. 115 Removal from office of Attorney-General The President may at any time remove the Attorney-General from office. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 47