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Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act
No. 2/2012
(3) If the question of removing a Commissioner has been referred to a tribunal appointed
under subsection (4), the President may suspend that person from performing the functions of
his or her office and any such suspension—
(a) may at any time be revoked by the President; and
(b) shall cease to have effect if the tribunal advises the President that the person should not
be removed.
(4) The tribunal referred to in this section shall consist of a chairperson and two other
members appointed by the President, and—
(a) the chairperson shall be a person who is or has been a judge of the Supreme Court or the
High Court;
(b) at least one of the other members shall be a person who is and has been for not less than
seven years, whether continuously or not, qualified to practise as a legal practitioner in
Zimbabwe.
(5) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (4)(b), the period during which any person
has been qualified to practise as a legal practitioner, any period during which he or she was
qualified to practise as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included.
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Immunity
No legal proceedings shall lie against the Commission or any Commissioner or the
Executive Secretary or any person acting under the direction of the Commission in respect of
anything which is done in good faith and without gross negligence in pursuance of this Act.
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Provincial, district and other offices of Commission
The Commission shall endeavour to establish a principal office and offices at provincial,
district and other administrative levels as it considers fit for the better performance of its
functions.
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Regulations
(1) The Commission may make regulations—
(a) prescribing anything which by this Act and its Constitutional mandate is required or
permitted to be prescribed or which, in its opinion, is necessary or convenient to be
prescribed for the carrying out or giving effect to this Act; and
(b) providing for the conditions of service of the Executive Secretary and the staff of the
Commission.
(2) The regulations of the Commission shall not have effect until they have been approved
by the Minister and published in the Gazette.
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