Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19)
Provided that any such Act of Parliament shall provide for the right of any
person who is aggrieved by the order or decision of any such registrar to have the
order or decision reviewed by a judge of the High Court who may, on such review,
amend, vary, set aside or confirm the order or decision concerned or give such
other order or decision as he deems fit.
[Subsection as inserted by section 9 of Act 1 of 1983 – Amendment No. 3]
[Section as substituted by section 3 of Act 25 of 1981 – Amendment No. 2]
82 Qualifications of judges
(1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judge of the Supreme
Court or the High Court unless—
(a) he is or has been a judge of a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil
or criminal matters in a country in which the common law is RomanDutch or English, and English is an official language; or
(b) he is and has been for not less than seven years, whether continuously or
not, qualified to practise as a legal practitioner—
(i) in Zimbabwe:
(ii) in a country in which the common law is Roman-Dutch and
English is an official language; or
(iii) if he is a citizen of Zimbabwe, in a country in which the common
law is English and English is an official language.
[Subsection as amended by sections 4 and 13 of Act 25 of 1981 – Amendment No. 2]
(2) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the period during
which any person has been qualified to practise as a legal practitioner—
(a) any period during which he was qualified to practise as an advocate or
attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included; and
(b) any period during which he has held judicial office, whether in or outside
Zimbabwe, after having so qualified as a legal practitioner shall be
included;
and the reference in subsection (1)(b) to a legal practitioner shall include a
reference to persons in other jurisdictions who have comparable functions or who
have been admitted to practise the profession of law as advocates or attorneys by
whatever name they may be called.
[Subsection as substituted by section 4 of Act 25 of 1981 – Amendment No. 2]
83 Oath of office
The Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice, Judge President and other judges of
the Supreme Court and the High Court, including an acting judge, shall, before
entering upon his office, take and subscribe before the President or some person
authorised by the President in that behalf the oath of loyalty and the judicial oath in
the forms set out in Schedule 1:
Provided that where a person is appointed in terms of section 80(3) or 81(3) to
act as a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court, as the case may be, it shall
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