CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE (2) If objection is taken by a member of Parliament present that there are present, besides the Speaker or the member presiding, fewer than twentyfive members and, after such interval as may be prescribed in Standing Orders, the Speaker or member presiding ascertains that the number of members present is less than twenty-five, Parliament shall thereupon be adjourned in accordance with Standing Orders. (3) The qualifications and disqualifications for registration as a voter and for voting at elections shall be as prescribed in Schedule 3 and, subject thereto, by the Electoral Law. [Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990] 55 Validity of proceedings Subject to the provisions of section 54, Parliament shall not be disqualified for the transaction of business by reason of any vacancy among the members thereof or the suspension of a member in accordance with section 42 or 43, and any proceedings therein shall be valid notwithstanding that some person who was not entitled so to do sat or voted in Parliament or otherwise took part in the proceedings. [Section as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989] 56 Voting (1) Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, all questions proposed for decision at a sitting of Parliament shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting. (2) If, upon any question before Parliament, the votes of the members are equally divided, the motion shall be lost. (3) The person presiding at a sitting of Parliament shall not have a deliberative or a casting vote. [Section as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989] 57 Standing Orders (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and any other law, Parliament may make Standing Orders with respect to— (a) the passing of Bills; (b) presiding over Parliament; (c) any matter in connection with which Standing Orders are required to be made by this Constitution; and (d) generally with respect to the regulation and orderly conduct of proceedings and business in Parliament. (2) Standing Orders made in terms of subsection (1) shall provide for the appointment, membership and functions of a Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. [Section as substituted by section 19 of Act 31 of 1989] PART 6 Elections and Sessions 58 Elections (1) A general election shall be held on such day or days within a period not exceeding four months after the issue of a proclamation dissolving Parliament under section 63 (7) or, as the case may be, the dissolution of Parliament under section 63 (4) as the President may, by proclamation in the Gazette, fix. (2) [Subsection repealed by section 20 of Act 31 of 1989] 47 ss 46–52