CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September,2005
(7) …..
[Subsection repealed by section 6 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(8) …..
[Subsection repealed by section 6 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
(9) …..
[Subsection repealed by section 6 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
53 Enrolment of Acts
(1) As soon as may be after an Act of Parliament has been assented to by the
President, the Clerk of Parliament shall cause a fair copy of the Act, duly authenticated by the signature of the President and the public seal, to be enrolled on record in
the office of the Registrar of the High Court and such copy shall be conclusive evidence of the provisions of such Act.
[Subsection as amended by section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 - Amendment No. 14]
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), an Act of Parliament may
provide for the publication of a revision of the whole or any part of the written law in
force, including, subject to the provisions of section 52(6), this Constitution, and may
further provide that—
(a) upon such publication the revision shall in all courts of justice and for all
purposes whatsoever be the sole version of the law or part thereof concerned;
(b) a copy of the revision, authenticated in the manner provided for in the Act
of Parliament, shall be deposited in the office of the Registrar of the High
Court and such copy shall be conclusive evidence of the provisions of the
law or part thereof concerned.
[Subsection as substituted by section 4 of Act 1 of 1983 - Amendment No. 3 and as amended by section 8
of Act 30 of 1990 - Amendment No. 11]
(3) The validity of an Act of Parliament or of a revision of the law or part thereof
shall not depend upon the enrolment or deposit thereof pursuant to the provisions of
this section.
[Subsection as substituted by section 4 of Act 1 of 1983 - Amendment No. 3]
54 Quorum
(1) …..
[Subsection repealed by section 18 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
(2) If objection is taken by a member of Parliament present that there are present, besides the Speaker or the member presiding, fewer than twenty-five members
and, after such interval as may be prescribed in Standing Orders, the Speaker or
member presiding ascertains that the number of members present is less than twenty-five, Parliament shall thereupon be adjourned in accordance with Standing Orders.
[Subsection as amended by section 9 of Act 15 of 1990 - Amendment No. 10]
55 Validity of proceedings
Subject to the provisions of section 54, Parliament shall not be disqualified for the
transaction of business by reason of any vacancy among the members thereof or the
suspension of a member in accordance with section 42 or 43, and any proceedings
therein shall be valid notwithstanding that some person who was not entitled so to do
sat or voted in Parliament or otherwise took part in the proceedings.
[Section as amended by section 26 of Act 31 of 1989 - Amendment No. 9]
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