Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) (2) If, upon any question before the Senate or the House of Assembly, the votes of the members are equally divided, the motion shall be lost. (3) The person presiding at a sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly shall not have a deliberative or a casting vote. [Section 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] 57 Standing Orders (1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution and any other law, the Senate and the House of Assembly, jointly or severally as may be appropriate, may make Standing Orders with respect to— (a) the passing of Bills; (b) presiding in the Senate or the House of Assembly; [Paragraph as amended by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (c) any matter in connection with which Standing Orders are required to be made by this Constitution; and (d) generally with respect to the regulation and orderly conduct of proceedings and business in and between the Senate and the House of Assembly. [Paragraph as amended by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] [Subsection as amended by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (2)8 There is, for the life of Parliament, a Committee to be known as the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders consisting of⎯ (a) the Speaker; and (b) the President of the Senate; and (c) the Deputy Speaker; and (d) the Deputy President of the Senate; and (e) members appointed by the Speaker and the President of the Senate from their respective Houses of Parliament which shall include the Leader of Government Business, the Leader of the Opposition and the Chief Whips; and (f) members elected by each of the Houses of Parliament. [Subsection as substituted by section 8 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] (3) With respect to the number of members of the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders from either House of Parliament, the number of members elected in terms of subsection (2)(f) is to be greater than that of members appointed in terms of subsection (2)(e). [Subsection inserted by section 8 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] 8 This subsection, and subsections (3), (4) and (5), have been modified by paragraph 2 of Schedule 8. The modifications are set out at the end of this section. - 65 -