CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE (6) The reference in subparagraph (1) (b) to a period of fourteen or thirty days in relation to a first review includes a reference to any lesser periods that amount in the aggregate to fourteen or thirty days respectively: Provided that no two such lesser periods shall be aggregated for this purpose if the period between the expiration of the first and the commencement of the second is more than fourteen or thirty days, as the case may be. (7) For the purposes of subparagraph (3), a person shall be deemed to have been detained on the same grounds as those on which he was originally detained unless a tribunal established under subparagraph (4) has reported that, in its opinion, there appear prima facie to be new and reasonable grounds for the detention, but the giving of any such report shall be without prejudice to the provisions of subparagraphs (1) and (5). 3 Qualifications and disqualifications for voters SCHEDULE 3 (Section 38 and 39) QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND VOTERS 1 Qualifications for members of Parliament (1) [Subparagraph repealed by section 24 of Act 31 of 1989] (2) [Subparagraph repealed by section 24 of Act 31 of 1989] (3) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 4, a person who— (a) is registered as a voter; (b) has attained the age of twenty-one years; and (c) has been ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe for not less than five years during the period of twenty years immediately preceding his nomination; shall be qualified for election or appointment as a member of Parliament. (1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph and to such residence qualifications as may be prescribed in the Electoral Law for inclusion on the electoral roll of a particular constituency, any person who has attained the age of eighteen years and who— [Subparagraph as amended by section 24 of Act 31 of 1989] (4) In determining, for the purposes of this paragraph, the period during which a person has been ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe, any period of residence outside Zimbabwe during which he was occupied in the discharge of his duties while in the service of the State shall be regarded as residence in Zimbabwe. 2 Disqualifications for members of Parliament (1) A person shall be disqualified for election or appointment as a member of Parliament if he— (a) is disqualified under paragraph 3 for registration as a voter; (b) [Subparagraph repealed by section 24 of Act 31 of 1989] (2) A person shall be disqualified for election as a member of Parliament at an election for filling a vacancy if he is a member of Parliament. [Subparagraph as substituted by section 24 of Act 31 of 1989] (a) is a citizen of Zimbabwe; or 79 s 114–Sch. 2

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