Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19)
(5) For the purposes of this Constitution a person shall be deemed not to have
attained a given age until the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the day
of his birth.
(6) The Interpretation Act for the time being in force in Zimbabwe shall apply
to the interpretation of any regulations made by the President in the exercise of a
power to make regulations conferred by this Constitution and to the interpretation
of any such power.
[Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 4 of 1993 – Amendment No. 12]
115 Transitional provisions: Schedule 8
(1) In this section and section 11810 and Schedule 8⎯
“after consultation” means that the person required to consult before arriving
at a decision makes the consultation but is not bound by the advice or
opinion given by the person so consulted;
“in consultation” means that the person required to consult before arriving at a
decision arrives at the decision after securing the agreement or consent of
the person so consulted;
“Interparty Political Agreement” means the agreement between the Presidents
of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and
the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), on
resolving the challenges facing Zimbabwe, as set in Schedule 1111, which
was signed at Harare on the 15th September, 2008, and witnessed by the
President of the Republic of South Africa as facilitator mandated the
Southern African Development Community (SADC), as subsequently
amended;
“Prime Minister” means the Prime Minister whose appointment is referred to
in Article 20.1.4 of the Interparty Political Agreement;
(2) Schedule 8 shall have effect from the date of commencement of the
Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 19) Act, 2008, and continue in force
during the subsistence of the Interparty Political Agreement.
(3) The provisions of this Constitution shall, for the period specified in
subsection (2), operate as amended or modified to the extent or in the manner
specified in Schedule 8.
[Section as inserted by section 14 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19]
10
(sic) There was a section 118 in the Bill for Constitution Amendment 19, but it was
omitted from Act No. 1 of 2009.
11
(sic) There is no Schedule 11. Schedule 11 to the Bill for Constitution Amendment
19 did contain a Schedule 11 setting out the Agreement in its entirety, but the
Schedule was omitted from Act No. 1 of 2009.
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