Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) [Paragraph as amended by section 7 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] (f) if he becomes President; (g) if he becomes Speaker; (h) if, being a member referred to in section 34(1)(a) or 38(1), he accepts office as Provincial Governor; [Paragraph as amended by section 7 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] (i) if, being a member referred to in section 34(1)(b), he ceases to hold office as Provincial Governor; [Paragraph substituted by section 7 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] (j) if he accepts any public office or office as a member of a statutory body or local authority or employment as an employee of a statutory body or local authority; (k) if, being a public officer or a member or employee of a statutory body or local authority at the time he became a member of Parliament, he fails to terminate his appointment or employment as such within fourteen days of the date he became a member of Parliament; (l) in the circumstances set out in section 42; (m) if he is required, by virtue of the provisions of section 43, to vacate his seat; (n) if he is found or declared in accordance with any Act relating to mental health to be mentally disordered or defective as defined in that Act; (o) if he is declared by order of the High Court to be incapable of managing his own affairs; (p) if he has been convicted of an offence under the Electoral Law and has been declared by the High Court under the powers conferred by the Electoral Law to be disqualified for registration as a voter or from voting at any election; (q) if for a continuous period of six months or more he has been the subject of a preventive detention order under any law providing for the preventive detention of persons. [Subsection as substituted by section 9 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9] (2) For the purposes of paragraphs (j) and (k) of subsection (1), a person shall not be deemed to hold public office solely by reason of— (a) being a Vice-President, the Prime Minister, a Deputy Prime Minister, a Minister, a Deputy Prime Minister 7 or Provincial Governor; or [Paragraph as substituted by section 7 of Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] (b) being a member of any of the Defence Forces whose services in peacetime are not wholly in the service of the State; or 7 (sic) This should be "Deputy Minister". Veritas. - 56 -

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