(b) has been guilty of conduct which would have constituted unprofessional,
dishonourable or unworthy conduct or negligence if such person had been a registered
valuer;
the Council may do one or more of the following—
(i) order that such person shall not in any capacity participate in or have any
financial interest in any company or partnership referred to in section thirtynine or be employed by any such company or partnership for such period as the
council may determine;
(ii) order him to pay the expenses incurred in holding the inquiry and any expenses
incidental to the inquiry or any part of those expenses;
(iii) impose a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, which shall be payable to
the Council;
(iv) censure him;
(v) caution him;
and the Council shall give notice thereof and the reasons for its decision to the Registrar, the
person concerned and the valuer or company or partnership concerned, as the case may be, by
whom such person was employed or associated at the time of the order.
(2) No person in respect of whom an order has been made in terms of subparagraph (i) of
subsection (1) shall, unless the Council otherwise directs, during the period in which the order is
in force—
(a) be employed in any capacity by any registered valuer or by any company or
partnership referred to in section thirty-nine; or
(b) hold, or attempt to obtain, any financial interest in any company or partnership referred
to in section thirty-nine.
(3) Any registered valuer or other person who, during the period in which an order in terms
of subparagraph (i) of subsection (1) is in force—
(a) employs in any capacity the person in respect of whom the direction was made; or
(b) permits the person in respect of whom the direction was made to obtain or hold any
financial interest in a company or partnership referred to in section thirty-nine;
shall be guilty of an offence unless he shows that he was not aware of the existence of the
direction or that the direction referred to the person who was employed by him or who was
permitted to obtain or hold the financial interest, as the case may be.
(4) A person guilty of an offence in terms of subsection (3) shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such
fine and such imprisonment.
33 Exercise of disciplinary powers by Council on conviction of offence: court to
forward evidence
(1) A registered valuer, or any person referred to in subsection (1) of section thirty-two who
has been convicted, inside or outside Zimbabwe, of an offence shall be liable to be dealt with by
the Council in accordance with this Part if the Council is of the opinion that the offence
constitutes unprofessional, dishonourable or unworthy conduct or negligence.
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