Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) (6) For the purposes of this paragraph, a Bill in respect of which a certificate has been issued under subparagraph (1) shall be deemed to have been introduced into the Senate on the sitting day next following the day on which a copy of the Bill is transmitted to the Senate in accordance with paragraph 2(1). (7) If, in the case of a Bill presented to the President for assent pursuant to a resolution of the House of Assembly referred to in subparagraph (3), the Senate has not considered that Bill in the form in which it was presented to the President for assent, a copy of that Bill certified by the Clerk of Parliament to be in the form in which it was presented to the President for assent shall be transmitted to the Senate immediately after its enactment and the provisions of section 40B and paragraph 4 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to that Bill. (8) The provisions of subparagraphs (9) and (10) shall apply to a Bill to which the President has assented pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph if the Senate— (a) resolved before the day on which that Bill was enacted that a provision of that Bill, as enacted, was a provision which would, if enacted, be in contravention of the Declaration of Rights; or (b) resolves within a period of thirty sitting days beginning on the day on which that Bill was enacted that a provision of that Bill, as enacted, is in contravention of the Declaration of Rights. (9) If, before the expiration of a period of eight sitting days beginning on— (a) the day of the resolution of the Senate referred to in subparagraph (8); or (b) the day on which the Bill is enacted; whichever is the later day, the House of Assembly has not passed a resolution such as is referred to in subparagraph (10), the President shall forthwith cause to be published in the Gazette a notice annulling the provision to which the resolution of the Senate relates with effect from the date of the publication of the notice. (10) If, before the expiration of a period referred to in subparagraph (9), the House of Assembly has resolved by the affirmative votes of more than one-half of its total membership that the provision to which the resolution of the Senate relates shall remain in force, the provision shall unless it is sooner repealed or has had its effect, subject to the provisions of section 24, continue in force for a period of two hundred and seventy days beginning on the day of the resolution or the day on which that Bill was enacted, whichever is the later day: Provided that, if— (a) the resolution of the House of Assembly referred to in this subparagraph was passed by the affirmative votes of not less than ninety-one of its members; or (b) before the expiration of the period of two hundred and seventy days referred to in this paragraph the House of Assembly has, by the affirmative votes of not less than ninety-one of its members, passed a further resolution that the provision shall remain in force; - 120 -