Qualifications for election as Member of NationalAssembly
2. A person is qualified for election as a Member of the National Assembly if he or she—
(a) is registered as a voter; and
(b) is of or over the age of eighteen years;
unless he or she is disqualified under paragraph 3
Disqualification for election to Parliament
3. (1) A person is disqualified for election as a Senator or Member of the National Assembly if
he or she is disqualified under paragraph 5 for registration as a voter, whether or not he or she is
actually registered.
(2) A person is disqualified for election at an election for filling a casual vacancy in the Senate
or the National Assembly if he or she is already a Senator or Member of the National Assembly.
PART II
QUALIFICATIONS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS
Qualifications for registration as voter
4. Subject to paragraph 5, a person is qualified to be registered as a voter on the voters roll
of a constituency or other electoral area if he or she-(a) is of or over the age of eighteen years;
(b) is a Zimbabwean citizen; and
(c) meets any requirements as to residence in the constituency or area that may be
prescribed in the Electoral Law.
Disqualifications for registration as voter
5. (1) A person is disqualified to be registered as a voter—
(a) while he or she is detained as mentally disordered or intellectually handicapped under
an Act of Parliament relating to mental health;
(b) if he or she has been declared by order of a court to be incapable of managing his or
her affairs, for so long as the order remains in force;
(c) while he or she is serving a sentence of imprisonment of six months or more imposed
as a result of a conviction of(i) an offence in Zimbabwe; or
(ii) any conduct which, if committed in Zimbabwe, would have constituted an
offence;
(d) if he or she has been convicted of an offence under the Electoral Law and declared by
a court to be disqualified for registration as a voter or from voting, for the period he or
she has been declared disqualified.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph(a) two or more terms of imprisonment that are required to be served consecutively are to
be regarded as a single term for the aggregate period of the terms;
(b) two or more terms of imprisonment that are required to be served concurrently are to
be regarded as a single term of imprisonment for the period of the longest of the terms;
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