CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September,2005 (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, a Minister, Deputy Minister or Provincial Governor; or [Paragraph as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10] (b) being a member of any of the Defence Forces whose services in peace-time are not wholly in the service of the State; or (c) being a member of the reserve forces of the Police Force whose services are not wholly in the employment of the State; or (d) holding office for which he is not entitled to be paid any remuneration, other than payment by way of travelling and subsistence allowances or outof-pocket expenses; or (e) being a member of the Council of Chiefs. [Subsection as substituted by section 9 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9] (3) For the purposes of this section— (a) any person who is appointed to a council, board or other authority which is a statutory body or which is responsible for the administration of the affairs of a statutory body shall be regarded as a member of that statutory body; (b) “statutory body” means— (i) any Commission established by this Constitution; Reissue 49 14th September, 2005