Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19)
(a) a chairman, who shall be a person who is or has been a judge of the Supreme
Court or the High Court or is qualified under section 82 to be appointed as
such; and
(b) two other persons, one of whom—
(i) is or has been a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court or is
qualified under section 82 to be appointed as such;
(ii) has been a magistrate in Zimbabwe for not less than seven years; or
(iii) is and has been for not less than seven years, whether continuously or
not, qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in Zimbabwe.
[Subparagraph as amended by sections 11 and 13 of Act 25 of 1981 – Amendment No. 2]
(4a) In computing, for the purposes of subparagraph (4)(b)(iii), the period during
which any person has been qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in Zimbabwe,
any period during which he was qualified to practise as an advocate or attorney in
Zimbabwe shall be included.
[Subparagraph as inserted by section 11 of Act 25 of 1981 – Amendment No. 2]
(5) No law providing for preventive detention during a period when a resolution
under section 31J(6) is in effect shall authorise the detention of a person for a period
longer than fourteen days unless the Minister designated for the purpose has issued an
order providing for the preventive detention of that person.
[Subparagraph as amended by section 20 of Act 23 of 1987 – Amendment No. 7]
(6) The reference in subparagraph (1)(b) to a period of fourteen or thirty days in
relation to a first review includes a reference to any lesser periods that amount in the
aggregate to fourteen or thirty days respectively:
Provided that no two such lesser periods shall be aggregated for this purpose if the
period between the expiration of the first and the commencement of the second is more
than fourteen or thirty days, as the case may be.
(7) For the purposes of subparagraph (3), a person shall be deemed to have been
detained on the same grounds as those on which he was originally detained unless a
tribunal established under subparagraph (4) has reported that, in its opinion, there
appear prima facie to be new and reasonable grounds for the detention, but the giving
of any such report shall be without prejudice to the provisions of subparagraphs (1) and
(5).
SCHEDULE 3
(Sections 38 and 39)
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND VOTERS
Qualifications for members of Parliament
1. (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, a person who—
(a) is registered as a voter; and
(b) in the case of a person other than a Chief, has attained the age of forty
years; and
(c) has been ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe for not less than five years
during the period of twenty years immediately preceding his nomination
or appointment, as the case may be;
shall be qualified for election or appointment as a Senator, other than a Senator to
be elected pursuant to section 34(1)(c).
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