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(ii) outside Zimbabwe, in respect of conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe,
would have constituted an offence involving dishonesty
(2) A person who is—
(a) a member of Parliament; or
(b) a member of a statutory body;
shall not be appointed as a member, nor shall that person hold office as a member.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) a person who is appointed to a
council, board or other authority which is a statutory body, or which is responsible for the
administration of the affairs of a statutory body, shall be regarded as a member of that statutory
body.
10 Termination and suspension of membership
(1) For the purposes of subsections (5) and (6) there shall be a committee, hereinafter in this
section referred to as “the Independent Disciplinary Committee”, consisting of—
(a) a person, not being a member of the Commission, appointed by the President from a list
of three registered legal practitioners recommended by the Minister, who shall be the
chairperson of the Independent Disciplinary Committee; and
(b) a member of the Commission chosen by the President from a panel of three members
of the Commission nominated by the Commission; and
(c) a person who shall not be a member of Parliament chosen by the President from a list
of not less than three names submitted by the portfolio committee of Parliament
responsible for legal affairs.
(2) A member of the Commission shall vacate his or her office if the member—
(a) has, subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), been found to have conducted himself or
herself in a manner that renders him or her unsuitable to continue as a member; or
(b) has failed to comply with any term or condition of office fixed by the President; or
(c) is mentally or physically incapable of efficiently carrying out his or her functions as a
member; or
(d) has been absent without the permission of the Commission from three consecutive
meetings of the Commission of which he or she was given at least seven days’ notice,
and there was no just cause for the member’s absence; or
(e) has given one month’s notice in writing to the Minister of his or her intention to resign
office or after the expiry of such other period of notice as the member and the Minister
may agree.
(3) The President may suspend a member of the Commission—
(a) whom he or she suspects on reasonable grounds of having been guilty of conduct
referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2); or
(b) against whom criminal proceedings have been instituted for an offence in respect of
which a sentence of imprisonment without the option of a fine may be imposed;
and while that member is so suspended he or she shall not carry out any functions as a member.