(b) section seven, which deals with the supremacy of this Constitution; (c) any provision of Chapter II, dealing with fundamental constitutional principles and national objectives; (d) any provision of Chapter 111, dealing with fundamental human rights and freedoms and their enforcement; (e) sections eighty-one and eighty-four, which deal with the tenure of office of the President; (f) section one hundred and three, which deals with the legislative authority of Zimbabwe; (g) this section; (h) section one hundred and fifty-four, which deals with the judicial authority of Zimbabwe; (i) section one hundred and fifty-six, which deals with the independence of the judiciary; (j) section two hundred and fifty-six, which deals with the independence of Commissions established by this Constitution; must not be presented to the President for assent unless(i) it has been passed by Parliament in accordance with subsection (4); and (ii) every amendment that it will make to any of those provisions has been approved by a majority of persons voting at a referendum. (6) All registered voters are entitled to vote at a referendum referred to in subsection (5). (7) When a Constitutional Bill is presented to the President for assent it must be accompanied by– (a) certificates from the President of the Senate and the Speaker stating the number of affirmative votes the Bill received at the final vote on it in the Senate or the National Assembly, as the case may be; and (b) in the case of a Constitutional Bill to which subsection (5) applies, a certificate from the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission stating that the amendments that will be made by the Bill have been approved by a majority of persons voting at a referendum. (8) An Act of Parliament that provides for the revision of the statute law may permit– (a) the renumbering of the provisions of this Constitution to reflect amendments that have been made to them; and (b) the amendment of references in this Constitution to provisions that have been renumbered; and any such amendment is valid as if it had been made by an Act of Parliament passed in accordance with this section. - 58 -

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