Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) [Subsection as substituted by section 10 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9 – and amended by section 9 of Act 11 of 2007 – Amendment No. 18] (2) A member of the Senate or the House of Assembly who is suspended from the service of the Senate or the House of Assembly in accordance with subsection (1) shall not exercise his functions or be entitled to any remuneration as a member during the period of his suspension. [Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9 – and by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Attorney-General. [Subsection as inserted by section 10 of Act 4 of 1989 – Amendment No. 8] 44 Oath of loyalty Every member of the Senate or the House of Assembly shall, before taking part in any proceedings thereof, other than proceedings necessary for the purposes of this section, take and subscribe before the Senate or the House of Assembly the oath of loyalty in the form set out in Schedule 1. [Section as substituted by section 11 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9 – and amended by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] 45 Remuneration of President of Senate and Speaker (1) There shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker such salary and allowances as may from time to time be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament. (2) The salary payable to the President of the Senate or the Speaker shall not be reduced during the period he holds that office. (3) A person who was the President of the Senate or the Speaker immediately before a dissolution of Parliament shall continue to receive the salary and allowances of that office until such time as the Senate or the House of Assembly, as the case may be, first meets after the dissolution or until he ceases sooner to perform the functions of— (a) the President of the Senate in the circumstances referred to in section 36(4); or (b) the Speaker in the circumstances referred to in section 40(4). [Section as substituted by section 11 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9 – and by section 12 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] 46 President’s power to address and attend Parliament (1) The President— (a) may at any time— (i) address the Senate or the House of Assembly; or (ii) call a joint meeting of the Senate and the House of Assembly and attend and address such joint meeting; (b) shall have the right to sit and speak in the Senate or the House of Assembly but shall not have the right to vote therein. - 59 -