Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) (6) … [Subsection repealed by section 2 of Act 11 of 2007 – Amendment No. 18] 29 Tenure of office of President (1) The term of office of the President shall be a period of five years concurrent with the life of Parliament referred to in section 63(4), or⎯ (a) a lesser period where the President earlier dissolves Parliament in terms of section 63(2), or the President is elected pursuant to section 28(3)(b); or (b) a longer period where the life of Parliament referred to in section 63(4) is extended under section 63(5) or (6); in which event term of office of the President shall terminate on the expiration of such lesser or longer period, as the case may be: Provided that the President shall continue in office until the person elected as President at the next election of President enters office.6 [Subsection substituted by section 3 of Act No. 11 of 2007 – Amendment No. 18] (2) The President may resign his office by lodging his resignation in writing with the Speaker. [Subsection as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9] (3) The President shall cease to hold office if a report prepared by a joint committee of the Senate and the House of Assembly, appointed by the Speaker in consultation with the President of the Senate upon the request of not fewer than one-third of the members of the House of Assembly, has recommended the removal of the President on the ground— (a) that he has acted in wilful violation of this Constitution; or (b) that he is incapable of performing the functions of his office by reason of physical or mental incapacity; or (c) of gross misconduct; and the Senators and members of the House of Assembly sitting together have resolved by the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of their total number that the President should be removed from office. [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] 30 Presidential immunity (1) The President shall not, while in office, be personally liable to any civil or criminal proceedings whatsoever in any court. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1), it shall be lawful to institute civil or criminal proceedings against a person after he has ceased to be President, in respect of— 6 This subsection applies only to Presidents elected after the date of commencement of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 18) Act, 2007. - 39 -