CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE (b) (c) (d) the judges of the Supreme Court; and the Judge President and the other judges of the High Court; and persons presiding over other courts subordinate to the Supreme Court and the High Court that are established by or under an Act of Parliament. 81 High Court and criminal jurisdiction of other courts [Section as inserted by section 10 of Act 30 of 1990] 79B Independence of judiciary In the exercise of his judicial authority, a member of the judiciary shall not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority, except to the extent that a written law may place him under the direction or control of another member of the judiciary. [Section as inserted by section 10 of Act 30 of 1990] 80 Supreme Court (1) There shall be a High Court which shall be a superior court of record and shall have such jurisdiction and powers as may be conferred upon it by or in terms of this Constitution or any Act of Parliament. (1) There shall be a Supreme Court which shall be a superior court of record and the final court of appeal for Zimbabwe and shall have such jurisdiction and powers as may be conferred upon it by or in terms of this Constitution or any Act of Parliament. [Subsection as amended by section 11 of Act 30 of 1990] (2) The Supreme Court shall consist of— (a) the Chief Justice; (b) such other judges of the Supreme Court, being not less than two, as the President may deem necessary; (c) such other judges as have been appointed under subsection (3). [Subsection as amended by section 12 of Act 30 of 1990] (3) If the services of an additional judge are required for a limited period, the Chief Justice may appoint a person who holds the office of judge of the High Court or who has held office as a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court to act as a judge of the Supreme Court for such period as may be specified by the Chief Justice. (4) An Act of Parliament may provide for the conferring, by way of rules of court, upon a registrar of the Supreme Court, duly appointed thereto, of the jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme 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: (2) The High Court shall consist of— 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 Supreme 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. [Subsection as inserted by section 8 of Act 1 of 1983] [Section as substituted by section 3 of Act 25 of 1981] (a) the Chief Justice; 55 ss 74–76