CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September, 2005
(c) legal practitioners of not less than seven years’ standing who have been
nominated under subsection (5);
(d) …..
[Paragraph repealed by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2]
one of whom shall be designated by the President as chairman.
[Subsection as amended by sections 6 and 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2]
(4a) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (4)(c), the period during which a
person has had standing as a legal practitioner, any period during which he has had
standing as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included.
[Subsection as inserted by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2]
(5) It shall be the duty of the association which is constituted under an Act of Parliament and which represents legal practitioners practising in Zimbabwe to nominate
a panel containing the names of not less than three duly qualified legal practitioners
for the purposes of subsection (4)(c) when so required by the President.
[Subsection as amended by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2]
(6) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) or (3) shall inquire into the matter
and report on the facts thereof to the President and recommend to the President
whether or not he should refer the question of the removal of the judge from office to
the Judicial Service Commission, and the President shall act in accordance with such
recommendation.
(7) The provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act [Chapter 80] as in force at
the time or any other law substituted for the same shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in
relation to a tribunal appointed under subsection (2) or (3) as they apply to commissioners appointed under that Act.
(8) If the question of removing a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court
from office has been referred to a tribunal under subsection (2) or (3), the judge shall
be suspended from performing the functions of his office until the President, on the
recommendation of the tribunal or the Judicial Service Commission, revokes the
suspension or the judge is removed from office in accordance with subsection (9).
[Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2]
(9) If the question of the removal of a judge has been referred to the Judicial Service Commission in accordance with subsection (6) and the Commission advises that
the judge be removed from office, the President shall, by order under the public seal,
remove the judge from office.
88 Remuneration of judges
(1) There shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
to a person who holds the office of or is acting as Chief Justice, a judge of the Supreme Court, Judge President of the High Court or a judge of the High Court such
salary and allowances as may from time to time be prescribed by or under an Act of
Parliament.
[Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 25 of 1981 - Amendment No. 2]
(2) The salary and allowances payable to a person under subsection (1) shall not
be reduced during the period he holds the office concerned or acts as holder thereof.
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