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CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE
(b)
the Judge President of the High Court who
shall, subject to the directions of the Chief Justice, be in charge of the High Court;
(c) such other judges of the High Court as may
from time to time be appointed.
(3) The Chief Justice may, from time to time, after
consultation with the Judge President of the High
Court, appoint a judge of the Supreme Court to act as
a judge of the High Court.
(4) No law, other than a disciplinary law, shall
confer jurisdiction in criminal matters upon a court or
other adjudicating authority, other than the Supreme
Court or the High Court, which did not have such
jurisdiction before the appointed day:
Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall
not apply to a law which confers any such jurisdiction
on a court in terms of which the only penalty that
may be imposed by the court is a monetary one.
(5) An Act of Parliament may provide for the
conferring, by way of rules of court, upon a registrar
of the High Court, duly appointed thereto, of the
jurisdiction and powers of the High Court in civil
cases in respect of—
(a) the making of orders in uncontested cases,
other than orders affecting status or the custody or guardianship of children;
(b) deciding preliminary or interlocutory matters,
including applications for directions but not including matters affecting the liberty of the subject:
Provided that any such Act of Parliament shall
provide for the right of any person who is aggrieved
by the order or decision of any such registrar to have
the order or decision reviewed by a judge of the High
Court who may, on such review, amend, vary, set
aside or confirm the order or decision concerned or
give such other order or decision as he deems fit.
(a)
any period during which he was qualified to
practise as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included; and
(b)
any period during which he has held judicial
office, whether in or outside Zimbabwe, after
having so qualified as a legal practitioner shall
be included;
[Subsection as inserted by section 9 of Act 1 of 1983]
[Section as substituted by section 3 of Act 25 of 1981]
82 Qualifications of judges
(1) A person shall not be qualified for as a judge
of the Supreme Court or the High Court unless—
(a) he is or has been a judge of a court having
unlimited jurisdiction in civil or criminal matters in a country in which the common law is
Roman-Dutch or English, and English is an official language; or
(b) he is and has been for not less than seven
years, whether continuously or not, qualified to
practise as a legal practitioner—
(i) in Zimbabwe:
(ii) in a country in which the common law is
Roman-Dutch and English is an official
language; or
(iii) if he is a citizen of Zimbabwe, in a
country in which the common law is
English and English is an official language.
[Subsection as amended by sections 4 and 13 of Act 25 of
1981]
(2) In computing, for the purposes of subsection
(1) (b), the period during which any person has been
qualified to practise as a legal practitioner—
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